The Friends of the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard (2GHG) will hold the second Your Horse — Our Trails Pleasure Ride on its grounds at 4 Trades Lane, Fairfield Hills, on Sunday, October 3.
The r...
The Town & Country Garden Club has scheduled the first meeting of its new season for Wednesday, September 8.
The meeting will begin at 7 pm, at Newtown Senior Center, 8 Simpson Street, in the Fairfiel...
The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary is taking extraordinary measures to protect and provide sanctuary for pollinators. This year's "Monarchs, Meadows & More" will demonstrate those efforts, and share how anyone can join the effort.
The Resiliency Center of Newtown is preparing to present the inaugural Palettes of Newtown fundraiser, which will feature more than 25 pieces of original artwork by local artists.
The Newtown Lions Club is kicking off Newtown’s Labor Day weekend in Sandy Hook Center on Saturday, September 4, with the long-awaited 2021 Great Pootatuck Duck Race.
The Garden Club of Newtown’s 65th Anniversary celebration, rescheduled a few times last year and again earlier this year, is now planned for Tuesday, September 21.
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.
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.
