Charles Frederick Guck, 82, of Easton, Md., formerly of Newtown, died May 31, at Talbot Hospice House. He was born September 13, 1935, in Long Island, N.Y., the son of the late Charles Casper and Evel...
Harold Armand "Monty" Monsanto, 75, of Kansas, died May 26. He was born April 15, 1943, in Bridgeport, and was a son of Arlton and Jean Monsanto.
Mr Monsanto was a former resident of Newtown a...
Eleanor J. Gleason, 84, of Ridgefield, died peacefully April 10, at Laurel Ridge Health Care Center.
Mrs Gleason and her husband, Fred, lived in Newtown for many years. She worked in real estate for t...
Joan Ellen Lundgren, 88, of Bethel, died May 23, at her home in Maplewood at Stony Hill. She was born on September 13, 1929, in Detroit, Mich., and was a resident of Newtown for more than 50 years.
He...
Josephine Frances Shannon, 85, of Trumbull, died May 22, at her home with her family by her side. She was born in West Orange, N.J., and was a long time Trumbull resident.
Her beloved husband of 60 ye...
David Edwin Baade, 69, of Newtown, died May 17, in the arms of his devoted wife, Renee. He was born to Maxine Amelia (Bryan) Baade and Edwin Everett on September 23, 1948, in Ponca City, Okla.
Mr Baad...
Evelyn M. Eggers Sweetnam, 82, of Westport, wife of the late Richard J. Sweetnam, Sr, died May 12, at her home of 46 years. Born January 27, 1936, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Dorothea Stuermer Eggers and Ge...
Martin Lee Allen, 75, of Newtown, formerly of Westport, died unexpectedly January 21, due to an illness. He was born on October 28, 1942, the son of the late Ralph and Viola (Bay) Allen.
Mr Allen atte...
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Newtown is fortunate to have The Bee and should not take it for granted.
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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.
