Governor Ned Lamont announced December 4 that he plans to sign an executive order that expands eligibility to the federal Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program.
As Judith Miller advances from vice president to president of the Chamber of Commerce of Newtown, she and the nonprofit business support agency’s leadership are looking to shed the challenges of 2020.
Local businesses and organizations looking to draw more traffic this holiday season are being urged to join the Economic & Community Development and Parks & Recreation co-sponsored “Shop Small Decoration Crawl.”
Attorney General William Tong, Secretary of State Denise Merrill, and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull are cautioning businesses to avoid paying unnecessary fees to entities offering assistance with annual report business filings.
Aquila’s Nest Vineyards, 56 Pole Bridge Road, celebrated its late-October opening with a Newtown Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, November 7.
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The screenshots from NAFC's private group show prominent members of the organization naming businesses that hosted certain political signs ahead of the last election as these allies self-organized to crowdsource a running list of businesses not to patronize for the sin of supporting candidates such as [gasp] our incumbent State Rep who has a great record with small business associations - claiming that makes them unsafe. The NAFC official account was involved in moderating the discussion as they banned one "problematic" member for questioning the "witch hunt." This tacit threat to the livelihoods of local business owners has a chilling effect on free speech, yet the response from the organization was to claim that anyone who saw it as bullying was "stifling such conversations." If anyone is interested these screenshots are widely available.
Someone either does not understand how the state legislative process works, or is willfully misleading people to try to make the delegation look bad. I hope it is the former scenario.
