Clarification

In an article about the approved merger of the Newtown Youth Services (NYS) and Family Counseling Center (FCC) agencies that appeared in last week’s edition, it was inferred that a number of positive developments that were achieved at the FCC in the past year occurred prior to the employment of agency director Beth Barton. In fact, most of the growth and expansion of services and the administrative advances occurred under her leadership during Ms Barton’s first year of employment at the local agency.