Multiple Grammy-winning jazz guitar icon John Scofield is describing his upcoming socially distanced shows at the Ridgefield Playhouse like the musical equivalent of a tightrope walk.
The Charlotte Helen Bacon (CHB) Foundation is organizing a free StoryWalk on the Fairfield Hills campus from Saturday, April 10, to Sunday, April 18.
StoryWalk is an innovative and delightful way for ...
Want to be completely informed when you vote in this yearâs budget referendum? Tune in at 5:30 pm Monday, April 5 and 12 to learn about the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial and Emergency Communications system improvements.
Flagpole Photographers Camera Club invites the public to join members for the clubâs April events, which includes a portrait photography presentation and a monthly competition.
Julia Gerace will lead ...
The Mark Twain Library and Redding League of Women Voters present the second installment of the series âConversations: Truth, Myth & Democracyâ on Thursday, April 1.
C.H. Booth Library has scheduled three lectures that will continue the Main Street institution's concerted efforts toward diversity, equity and inclusion programming.
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.
