The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown hosted the formal opening reception at Art & Frame Gallery last weekend for “Ruth Newquist: May 5, 1931-January 13, 2024.”
At a time when interest rates are high and inventory is low, every sale can feel like a big win for the realtors. Some home sales still stand out as trend-defying and potentially even trend-setting, however.
Newtown United Methodist Church is trying what Reverend Stephen Volpe describes as “something that isn’t new, but is new to us” this year for Ash Wednesday.
By your own definition, wouldn't a boycott fall under the "protest" form of conflict resolution? Boycotts are peaceful protests that embody the freedom of expression codified in the First Amendment. Was Gandhi a bully when he instituted boycotts of British cloth and salt? The Republican victim mentality is getting exhausting.
I was there and silent in my position because of the mob mentality. The undertones and bullying group of the Facebook mob, even without their "leader," were sad and disappointing. I have silently voiced my support to individual members of the committee in the days following the meeting. I am just grateful that I didn't do it before the meeting, or the Facebook mob would have taken my photo and publicly shamed me for meeting out of caucus.
LOL! You are neither silent or the majority! 80-120 taxpaying residents attended every public hearing on this over the course of a year, in person, as well as hundreds of emails and letters to the boards, commissions and to the media.....with 95%+ of them in opposition. Facts matter.
