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Newtown, CT, USA
Newtown, CT, USA
Newtown, CT, USA
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Editorials

Expansion Of Gambling Gambles With Lives

Published: Apr 11, 2019 04:30 PM
Just as the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling prepared to kick off the March Problem Gambling Awareness Month, the Connecticut General Assembly’s Public Safety & Security Committee voted to draf...

No Need To Be An April Fool

Published: Apr 04, 2019 04:30 PM
We have just celebrated April Fool’s Day this past Monday, a day of tom-foolery, jokes, and hijinks. Pranks played with no malicious intent can have a spirit-raising effect on the prankee (a new word ...

When Violence Challenges Love

Updated: Mar 29, 2019 08:40 AM
The recent untimely deaths of two Parkland, Fla., youths and that of Avielle Foundation and Brainstorm Experience cofounder Dr Jeremy Richman here in Newtown is a reminder that violence has the patience to wait out the initial grief, that it is willing to stalk those most affected and strike when least expected.

A Season Of Growth And New Ideas

Published: Mar 21, 2019 04:30 PM
March 20 brought us the first day of spring. It is hard, sometimes, to believe that beneath the icy surface, new life is awakening. Bulbs of daffodils and croci are nudged from winter’s slumber. Every...

What’s Brewing In Newtown

Published: Mar 14, 2019 04:30 PM
New development is brewing in Newtown, and this time it does not involve large tracts of wetlands being compromised, out of place tall structures, or the shifting around of already settled businesses....

A History Lesson For Today

Published: Mar 07, 2019 04:30 PM
March is National Irish-American Month; that pride reaches its apex on March 17, when the Irish and Irish Wannabes celebrate St Patrick’s Day with leapin’ leprechauns, pots o’ gold, and plenty of snif...

The Cost Of Teaching And Learning

Published: Feb 28, 2019 04:30 PM
If you could give each schoolchild in Newtown 20 cents a day to spend on improving his or her education for a year, would it be worth it? Within the proposed $78,104,410 school budget for 2019-20 — on...

A Foot Down for A Step Up

Published: Feb 21, 2019 04:30 PM
He put his foot down, and it was not out of step. First Selectman Dan Rosenthal requested in early February that The Board of Education consider the legal firm retained by the board be released from i...