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PHOTOS: Faces of a Community Trying to Heal

Forever scarred, Newtown reopens schools and attempts to return to routine and normalcy in the wake of unfathomable violence.

Posted by Mark Borderud, December 19, 2012 at 10:19 pm

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NEWTOWN, CT -- In Sandy Hook and Newtown on Dec. 18—as children return to school, parents hold their kids' hands and —a devastated community struggles to return to routine.

Links to information, coverage for Patch readers:

How to Help Families Affected by Newtown School Shooting
How You Can Help: Memorial Donations For Sandy Hook Victims
Newtown Pics & Clips
Sandy Hook Victims Remembered: 'They Didn't Deserve Any of This'
Dear Santa: Send Love to Newtown
Newtown School Shootings: News Hub

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Jeff May 18, 2013 at 02:50 pm

Town Clerk Aurelia is already causing the town to needlessly spend money defending her dereliction…Read More of duty: "An attorney representing the town, with the law firm Cohen and Wolf, issued an opinion in response to the, (New York), Post's request stating that the public is only allowed to view death and marriage certificates that are "at least one hundred years old." Cost aside she is pushing for a state law that would restrict access to a minors birth certificate for 6 months, she originally wanted them sealed for 10 years. The only thing the proposed law is going to accomplish is the healing that has been accomplished is going to be undone when the seal expires. This is much ado about nothing. http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Newtown-officials-withhold-death-certificates-4526713.php

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Jeff May 18, 2013 at 02:07 pm

While I have no desire to view any of these death certificates, the law is the law. I have never…Read More viewed a death certificate, I doubt there is anything listed beyond the name of the decedent, dates of birth & death, parentage, and cause of death. Town Clerk Aurelia is clearly in violation of her oath of office. Her job is not to be administered based on feelings. In doing this she is opening the town up to F.O.I. violations, potential litigation, and fanning the flames of the crazy conspiracy theories. To quote the article, "we feel its an extreme invasion of privacy for these families." Should someone take this to F.O.I. or put it before a judge the town will lose. Do your job as required by statute.

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Common Sense May 18, 2013 at 08:19 am

Exactly why do you need to read these reports Elmer Davis? The cause of death was gunshot wounds.…Read More Why do you need more than that, and why do you feel your curiosity for details outweigh the need for privacy? I agree with Aurelia and support her. You're acting like the Connecticut Council on Freedom is a government agency. It is a non-profit foundation and the quote from James Smith is only an opinion. It certainly does NOT carry any more weight than anyone else's, including mine, the victim's families, and the vast majority of decent people living in this town.

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