To the Editor:

All our thanks to Vito and his team at The Villa Restaurant!

The Villa featured in many of our family stories over the years. From team dinners on the patio after the Newtown Memorial Day Soccer Club Tournament, to a prom-posal, to weekly takeout we called “Villa Wednesdays” to give some form to those Covid months, to a last dinner before college drop-off, to empty-nester Friday night Villatinis. Most meaningfully to us, on 12/14 family members had to walk from SHS to the Newtown United Methodist Church, which was as close as one could park to the school on that chaotic day. Respite was needed and though he hadn’t opened for the day yet, Vito unlocked the door and let Anne Marie and Tim come in for a break.

To all at the Villa, you’ve served your community well and you deserve all the best in your next chapter.

Sincerely,

The Carlson Family

Sandy Hook