NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letter(s) to the editor. Please send letters to editor@newcanaanite.com for publication here. Dear Editor, The 2021-22 Board of Education District Goals and Objectives were voted on by a bipartisan BOE to ensure students, teachers, and administrators feel safe, celebrated, continue to learn, and reach their highest potential. Diversity, equity, and […]
NewCanaanite.com recently received the following letter(s) to the editor. Please send letters to editor@newcanaanite.com for publication here. Dear Editor I am appalled and saddened that our Board of Education eliminated the words “Diversity”, “Equity”, and “Inclusion” or “DEI” from its stated goals for this school year. How do these Board members square the fact […]
Members of the Town Council are pushing back on decisions made by other municipal bodies that deny a request from local veterans for funding through the American Rescue Plan Act. The Boards of Selectmen and Finance both voted in support of a $582,600 ARPA package for nonprofit organizations that left out a $15,000 request from […]
Members of the local VFW are calling on volunteers to help with an effort in Lakeview Cemetery this weekend. At 8 a.m. Saturday, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Howard M. Bossa and Peter C. Langenus Post 653 will pick up the 1,300 flags placed beside veterans’ gravestones at the cemetery in advance of Memorial Day, […]