It seems that so many Newtowners were enjoying themselves at the Bridgewater Fair last weekend that maybe Newtown ought to think about having a fair of its own. We already have a great parade on Labor Day. Why not have the parade and all the spectato
It seems that so many Newtowners were enjoying themselves at the Bridgewater Fair last weekend that maybe Newtown ought to think about having a fair of its own. We already have a great parade on Labor Day. Why not have the parade and all the spectators march to fairgrounds at Fairfield Hills? I noticed First Selectman Herb Rosenthal at the fair Sunday afternoon and he seemed to be having a wonderful time. Maybe heâll be willing to get the idea off the ground.
Back at the turn of the century (not last year, but 100 years ago), Newtown used to have an agricultural fair each September on fairgrounds off Church Hill Road, near where Hawley School is now. It even had a track for horse racing. We could revive and modify the horse races, putting politicians instead of jockeys on the nags, settling our local elections that way â with a real horse race.
When I ran into Herb at the fair, he happened to be standing next to Tiger (the steer, not Woods), considered to be one of the largest cows in the area. The huge steer hails from Lazy Acres Farm in Sandy Hook.
âOh, one of my constituents!â Mr Rosenthal exclaimed.
I ran into former Newtown residents Joe and Megan LaCava and their children Sunday at the Bridgewater Fair. Joe, a PGA caddy for Fred Couples, took the day off from his busy schedule to spend time with both his family and the hundreds of farm animals at the fair.
We hear that Sara Appleyard was in town over the weekend. She was here to visit her family and attend a luncheon for the bridesmaids in Samantha Lermanâs October wedding. After working at the Department of Education in Washington, DC, for two years, Sara is now a graduate student at George
Washington University. She spent the summer in London as an intern working for the Labour Party. She reports that she met Prime Minister Tony Blair a few times and even attended a party at 10 Downing Street.
Sara Frampton of Newtown, Dani Mikula of Trumbull, and Nicole Delong of Fairfield went on a 12-day pilgrimage to Rome for World Youth Day 2000. And as you can see, they brought along the ever-essential Newtown Bee for this photo in front of the Vatican. The three were part of a group of 54 that went to the worldwide gathering from St Rose of Lima.
The Rev Raja Bose Selvaraj, who served as parochial vicar at St Rose before being transferred to St Edward the Confessor Church in New Fairfield, has now been named the new parochial vicar at St Theresa parish in Trumbull. A native of India, Father Raja has been a priest for 27 years.
Todd Burns came in fifth out of 400 entrants at the triathlon sponsored by the New York Triathlon Association last week. First he swam one mile, then he biked 151/2 miles, and then he ran three miles. The son of Michael and Debbie Burns, Todd is a student at the University of New Hampshire where he is majoring in political science.
John Northrup, Sr, will be greatly missed in the Labor Day Parade this year. He has driven his decorated escort truck with the horse on the side, the Shriner emblems, and other interesting bumper stickers in the parade for many years. This year he is unable to participate because he has had a stroke. Everyone involved with the parade will be thinking of the many years he has participated and wish him better health, and hope he will be back in the parade next year.
Leaders of parade entries are advised that the letters with the line-up positions were in the mail on Wednesday, August 23. The official line-up will be printed in The Newtown Bee prior to the parade. For information, call Lynda McDow at 426-2664.
The four Newtown fire companies have advised they will have emergency vehicles at strategic places outside the periphery of the parade route to avoid disturbance of the parade in case of calls.
David Smith and his son Greg arrived back in town this week after a six-week trip across the country. In all, the Smith boys logged 12,300 miles in their RV.
After a three-year absence, Sockoâs Yard is reportedly returning this fall, and you can see Socko and his band of scary creatures at the Labor Day Parade.
After a seven-year absence from the Bertram Stroock tennis tournament, Frank Barchi returned to action this year and has advanced to the semifinals. At 50, Frank is playing his best tennis in years and will play Tom Conrod Saturday morning at Dickinson Park.
Dick Sturdevant was scheduled to leave late this week for a golfing trip to Ireland. Meanwhile Pierre and Joanne Rochman and Jim and Nancy Larin recently returned from a golf trip of their own.
I almost didnât recognize Bob Koetsch at the police station this week. Officer Koetsch, who normally wears the uniform of a police patrol officer, started work Monday as the school resource officer at Newtown High School and has been wearing plain clothes. Depending on the situation, Officer Koetsch will wear a uniform or plain clothes while at work at the high school.
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