Tune in Monday, February 7, 6 to 7:30, pm to a Zoom community conversation on issues and challenges concerning race in the school and community settings.
Since 1939 Newtown Rotary has supported the community with hundreds of grants, community service projects, student programs, scholarships, and much more. Every year the club seeks support from the com...
Friends of Newtown Seniors will sponsor a Senior Earth Day Celebration on Sunday, April 24, from 9 am to 1 pm. Volunteers are being sought now to help with yardwork for local senior citizens.
The Newtown Board of Education and C.H. Booth Library are hosting a community conversation titled, “Race: More Than a Conversation” via Zoom on Monday, February 7, from 6 to 7:30 pm.
“Jurisdictions Explained: Finding New Avenues of Research for Your Family” will be the next program hosted by the Genealogy Club of Newtown. The speaker will be Diana Elder, who will show how explorin...
Edmond Town Hall Theatre has launched a new initiative to make it possible for patrons to send special messages to their loved ones on the big screen at 45 Main Street.
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.
