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Meet your Candidates!
Come meet Dan Honan, Eva Bermudez Zimmerman and Jennifer Padilla, running for LC District 2! Fundraiser Invite Sunday, October 25th 3:30-5:30pm Hosted by Kevin and Pat Sheppard 25 Bankside Trail Sandy Hook, CT 06482 Please RSVP to Stacey at evaandstacey@gmail.com, 203-733-0173
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Closing a school discussion
***The Board of Education voted to keep all the schools open. For now. There was a caveat in the motion that leaves the idea open for exploration.*** We will try to keep this updated with information, our opinions and thoughts on the idea being touted by the RTC controlled Boards in town on the…
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Republicans really don’t like minority representation, do they?
So there has been a great deal of discussion on the issue of the majority seats on the Board of Education. During the 2008 Charter Revision, the question, written into the Charter by the Republican chairman was misleading at best. It did not define the term bare majority and it did not include any thoughts…
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Anna Wiedemann to be honored at JJB on 5/15/14
Anna Wiedemann to be Honored at JJB Dinner 5/15/14 As the date (5/15) for our 4th Jefferson Jackson Bailey dinner approaches, we are looking forward to honoring Anna Wiedemann. Everyone is invited, this is a bipartisan event. Wiedemann To Be Honored By DTC Originally posted by The Newtown Bee on Thursday April 24, 2014. This dinner honors her…
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2013 Board of Education race results
DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE PRESS STATEMENT First, the Democratic Town Committee of Newtown (DTC) would like to congratulate all the candidates of both Parties who ran for office this election. Whether elected or not, you were winners. You honored yourselves, your family, your Party and your town by doing so. It is no small feat to…
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Swearing-in Ceremony
Our newly elected and re-elected municipal officials took their oaths of office at a public swearing-in ceremony on Sunday December 1, 2013 in the Municipal Center. Congratulations to all and we look forward to your service. Lisa Romano – Legislative Council District 2 Michelle Embree Ku – Board of Education Board of Selectmen: James O.…
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2013 Municipal Election Results
Here’s the official Head Moderator Tally from the November 5, 2013 election provided by Democratic Registrar LeReine Frampton. 2013 Tally sheets 11 13
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Michelle Embree Ku and Laura Main – Our Board of Education Candidates
Reposted from Your Newtown Democratic Team blog on the Newtown Patch Jim Gaston, member of the town’s Board of Selectmen, has said, “Being an Elected Official on the Board of Education is perhaps the most difficult job one can have on any Town Board, Committee or Commission.” Both Democratic candidates to the Board, Michelle Embree…
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Ross Carley for Legislative Council District 1
Our Legislative Council candidate for District 1, Ross Carley, is featured in this article from the Newtown Patch. Ross Carley describes himself as a moderate Democrat. The “semi-retiree” and 24-year Newtown resident has served on multiple boards in town — currently the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Fairfield Hills Authority and the Lake Lillinonah Authority.…
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Message from Ann LoBosco Benore – Our Candidate for Town Clerk
We’d like to share a message from Ann Benore, candidate for Town Clerk. This message was originally posted on our Your Newtown Democratic Team Blog on the Newtown Patch. On November 5th, the residents of Newtown will cast their ballots in the municipal election. I am a candidate for Town Clerk and would like you…