As the COVID-19 pandemic was ravaging Connecticut, Newtown resident and palliative care physician Jo-Ann Maroto-Soltis reached out to The Newtown Bee with an idea of telling a comprehensive story ...
As Newtown and Connecticut tallies of new COVID-19 cases and losses continued edging upward, state officials added more states to a national travel advisory and requested the National Guard’s coronavirus support regiment to remain on duty through at least December.
Check out the second segment of a multi-part guest series on palliative care through the frontline experiences of Newtown resident and physician Jo-Ann Maroto-Soltis
A curious push/pull situation is developing statewide as Governor Ned Lamont paused Phase 3 re-openings while concurrently releasing a 50-page guide to help school districts navigate a return to classroom instruction in the coming weeks.
As the COVID-19 pandemic was ravaging Connecticut, Newtown resident and palliative care physician Jo-Ann Maroto-Soltis reached out to The Newtown Bee with an idea of telling a comprehensive story ...
As if Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert was not busy enough handling coronavirus issues, she is now grappling with the news that the aggressive lone star tick is proliferating in the region.
Newtown nurse Ann (Nancy) Rhodes, APRN-BC has created a book providing practical tips and tools to solve common medical problems she regularly encountered in patients' homes that could help prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and suffering.
Newtown Savings Bank will be accepting nonperishable food donations to benefit local food pantries on Friday, June 26, from 9 am to 4 pm, and Saturday, June 27, from 9 am to noon, at all 14 branch locations.
Police Commissioner and former councilman Neil Chaudhary missed a lot over the 12 days he spent sedated and on a ventilator at Danbury Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit while battling COVID-19. Learn what he missed and important information you may need to know about his protracted recovery process.
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The screenshots from NAFC's private group show prominent members of the organization naming businesses that hosted certain political signs ahead of the last election as these allies self-organized to crowdsource a running list of businesses not to patronize for the sin of supporting candidates such as [gasp] our incumbent State Rep who has a great record with small business associations - claiming that makes them unsafe. The NAFC official account was involved in moderating the discussion as they banned one "problematic" member for questioning the "witch hunt." This tacit threat to the livelihoods of local business owners has a chilling effect on free speech, yet the response from the organization was to claim that anyone who saw it as bullying was "stifling such conversations." If anyone is interested these screenshots are widely available.
Someone either does not understand how the state legislative process works, or is willfully misleading people to try to make the delegation look bad. I hope it is the former scenario.
