Campus
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The following students have attained honor roll status for the third quarter of the 2006-2007 year at the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton ...
Maypole Dancing At Waldorf School
The Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 40 Dodgingtown Road, presents its 16th Annual May Fair Saturday, May 5, from 11 am to 2 ...
Kids Day America Comes
To Sandy Hook May 19
On Saturday, May 19, communities worldwide will participate in the 13th annual Kids Day America/International, a hea...
Used Paperback Book Sale
EASTON — The Friends of the Easton Public Library will hold their annual used paperback book sale on Saturday, May 19, from...
A Job Well Done
To the Editor:
Last week, while the most eighth graders were on a field trip to Washington and Gettysburg, almost 500 incoming seventh graders a...
A small town is a place where there’s no place to go where you shouldn’t.
—Burt Bacharach
I hate small towns because once yo...
Newtown Flood Losses May Trigger FEMA Loans, Grants
By John Voket
First Selectman Herb Rosenthal said the best way to position local residents and business owne...
Children
’s Programs
*Mother’s Day Craft: Children ages 6 and up can sign up in the children’s department to make a ...
We may well have had other dictionaries at hand, but none were synonymous with the word dictionary the way Webster was. Newtown Historical Society will look i...
We are not investigative reporters. We've never claimed to be. We cover meetings, write features, and do other very good work for this town.
We're not doing any less than when John Voket was Editor (nor any of his predecessors). Sorry we're not doing enough for you.
-SH
Well, Shannon, its a good thing that my post didn't mention "everything" from print being published online. I do note, however, that you didn't address the main point of my initial comment, that as of the paper of record for the town you might actually publish information from the majority of the Town's Commissions and Boards online. Its not like there is hard hitting investigative journalism in these stories; they're really just a regurgitation of the meetings minutes. John Voket used to post these types of stories on the Bee's website, even if the updates were several weeks in arrears.
For what its worth, I didn't miss any of those stories as I am a subscriber (that's how I knew about it in the first place). However, many people in town who aren't subscribers did miss those stores and otherwise have no idea because its clearly not a priority for the Bee to post them online anymore. Fortunately, however, your online readers are fully informed of the First Selectman's ability to bake sour dough bread.
I for one was glad to her that the entrance would be off Johnnie Cake Lane, having more traffic at the flag pole would be painful (plus it's further from my house).
There are many considerations as it relates to the development of the Castle Hill property as noted. I am supportive of the proposal and to approval process as it is sensitive to concerns being raised. The proposal provides another housing and lifestyle option for long time residents and newcomers with great accessibility to town. The developer is a long time resident with a solid reputation and the best interest of town at heart. It is not wise to make gross assumptions but I would think it would be a net positive (will attract empty nesters) to the tax base versus incremental town costs required. Net positive tax base growth supports continued investment in our great school system. Working in partnership with historical groups, bike and trails, the borough and others could actually add another great part of our amazing town.
EDITOR'S NOTE: We do not publish everything that goes into print on our website. We never have. It's a longstanding policy that our print subscribers benefit by being able to read every feature, article, press release, etc, and see every advertisement, thanks to their paid subscriptions. Many stories are posted a few days after each print edition is published but some are never shared online.
The Board of Education vacancy created by a resignation on February 20, which was filled on March 19, was covered in the March 22, 2024 print edition. Sorry you missed those stories.