Polling Places For The November 6 Election
Voting District 1, Newtown Middle School Gymnasium, Queen Street.
Voting District 2, Reed Intermediate School, Wasser...
Winter Wonderland Of Gifts At Edmond Town Hall, November 18
The fourth annual Winter Wonderland of Gifts Craft Fair will be taking place at Edmond Town Hall Sun...
To the Editor:
I have written several letters on behalf of Herb Rosenthal and Joe Bojnowksi, and certainly support their reelection campaign. In addition, I wou...
To the Editor:
As a longstanding Newtowner myself, I have known Joe Borst for many years. While there are many reasons that I support Joe’s candidac...
A Great Experience
To the Editor:
This is just a short note to say thanks to all of the people in Newtown who have made the last few months on the campaign trai...
To the Editor:
I am writing in support of Frank Scalzo for Legislative Council in District 1. Frank is a native Newtowner. As one of five children, he was invol...
To the Editor:
Sara Frampton would be a wonderful addition to our Board of Education. She is a creative thinker. She analyzes every problem and comes up with so...
Parent Connection Support Groups Move To New Home
Newtown Parent Connection recently announced that it has moved into a new location at 115 Mt Pleasant Road.
Th...
White Ribbon Apgainst
Pornography Week
Newtown resident John Leitner, a member of the Morality in Media anti-pornography organization and a member of the Newto...
Counterfeit $50 Bills Passed At Local Stores
By Andrew Gorosko
Police are investigating incidents in which three people used counterfeit $50 bills to buy mercha...
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.