A North Haven based gardener and birder will present “The Marvelous Mason Bee: A Super Pollinator” when she visits Newtown as a guest of The Town & Country Garden Club this week.
The public is invited to catch up with members of Flagpole Photographers Camera Club his afternoon, when they celebrate the opening of this year's "Newtown & Beyond" exhibition. The club will also host its monthly meeting on November 10.
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will welcome Diane Dubreuil to town this week, when she plans to paint a landscape with watercolors while discussing her award-winning painting technique.
The community is invited to a presentation at Trinity Episcopal Church, to be offered by the Very Rev Canon Alan G. Dennis and Jenny Dennis on Wednesday, November 9.
To the members of the Borough of Newtown Zoning Commission, please realize your job is to review the application and vote on its merits and not be overwhelmed by a facebook mob. Just like on our national stage, the silent majority are with you. Don't be swayed by a vocal minority mob. Stay the course.
I think you're missing the broader point. Yes, statutes should be followed, but in this case it wouldn't have altered the decision that would have been made. And, yes, 8-30G is getting rammed down our throats. But with regard to this particular application, it is not yet an 8-30G. However, I'm willing to bet that if this nimby nonsense continues it most surely will become one. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
As a former (25 year) Newtown Resident I to agree we need a return to civility. Politics has always been a lively topic and years ago there were many issues that incurred strong feelings. (Fairfield Hills, to buy or not to buy; what to do with it.) I have several good friends who disagreed with me on the most recent election and we just tacitly agreed not to discuss it. And life went on.
I am not sure what you expect the Community Center to do. As long as no one threatens you with direct violence there is not much they can do. They cannot stop your neighbor's wife from spouting off. Unpopular and even abhorrent positions are part and parcel of our free speech. As the Appeals Court said, Nazi's can march in Illinois. (And they and the Klan have demonstrated here in Connecticut.
