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Snapshot: Alex Villamil

Published: May 08, 2024 at 07:00 AM

Family: My wife Vanessa; sons Justin, Tristan and Ian; and daughter Rowen. Pets: We have two dogs — Coco, a 5-year-old Australian Toy Shepherd; and Harl...

Work Week Opened With Fundraiser At The Country Club

Published: May 07, 2024 at 09:00 AM

Fifteen golfers spent the early part of April 29 at Newtown Country Club, where they helped one high school student raise funds for the Newtown Ecumenical Workc...

Aquila’s Nest Vineyards Recognized As SBA Connecticut’s Manufacturer Of The Year

Published: May 06, 2024 at 07:00 AM

Aquila’s Nest Vineyards in Newtown celebrated being recognized by the Small Business Administration as Connecticut’s Small Manufacturer of the Year in a recogni...

Newtown Celebrates Earth Day With Annual Festival

Published: May 05, 2024 at 08:00 AM

The 2024 Newtown Earth Day Festival took place on the front lawn of Newtown Middle School on Saturday, April 27. The family friendly event again featured enviro...

NUSAR’s First Annual Open House Was ‘A Huge Success’

Published: May 04, 2024 at 12:00 PM

Dozens of guests attended Newtown Underwater Search & Rescue’s (NUSAR) first annual open house on Saturday, April 27. Held on-site at NUSAR’s station, 28 Rivers...

Main Street Flagpole Dent-Free Once Again

Published: May 04, 2024 at 08:00 AM

It took about four hours last Thursday morning to repair a nasty dent in the town’s landmark Main Street flagpole. The dent — easily a few inches deep and appro...

Sipherd To Be Remembered With Brookfield Theatre Performances Of Final Play

Published: May 03, 2024 at 07:00 AM

BROOKFIELD — When typical Americans Peter and Cindy Kirby invite college exchange student Rob into their home, they find he is the perfect guest — even though h...

Council Cuts $1.4 Million From School Budget

Published: May 03, 2024 at 07:00 AM

Following a rejection of the school budget by 507 votes at a referendum on April 23, the Legislative Council at its April 29 meeting slashed $1,408,307 from the...

Bolinsky Achieves Elder Care Goal After Decade Of Work

Published: May 02, 2024 at 03:00 PM

Newtown’s State Representative, Mitch Bolinsky, contacted The Newtown Bee this week to share great news, that a “huge aging bill” passed the House 143 to 3 on M...

Two New Police Officers Sworn In

Published: May 02, 2024 at 10:26 AM

The Newtown Police Department welcomed its two newest officers — Kevin Poruban and Kurt Kling — during a swearing in ceremony on May 1. The two officers will be...

Barbara Edwards

John Landolfi

Mark M. Passero, Sr

They clearly didn't get the message ! CUT THE BUDGET by 20% , not raise it ! Newtown spends $2,500,000.00 every week now ! It will be $2.6m if you approve it ! Who are these people not paying attention to the cost of living? Throwing money at the school administration will not make your kids any smarter ! We are at $22K per kid per year, that is insane ! CUT THE BUDGET ! Go show up and VOTE, because 1200 people who voted yes will show up again, and it's the 1200 people who decide your cost of living for years to come. 51% voters turnout should be mandated to approve the budget, not pathetic 15% of voters. Stop these nonsensical referendums and send everyone a card in the mail so we have a true outcome what people actually want.

The town cuts down the Sandy Hook Christmas tree and now trashes this bridge. What next?

Sandy Hook Pedestrian Bridge Removed

All due respect, the headline to this article is misleading. The budget presented was a proposed budget that did not pass public referendum. There are no cuts to anything, rather a reduction in the Board of Education original asking dollars. As matter of fact, the current recommendation from the LC is an increase of 2.3M more than the previous budget from 2023/24.

Some background on the Bus comment Mr Knapp made on not following policy. From ther Bee may 2023. Following a Request for Proposal (RFP), the school board learned at its March 15 meeting that only one bid came back for the school district’s transportation contract. The current contract with All-Star Transportation, which oversees the majority of bus routes for the district, is set to end at the end of this school year. At the May 3 meeting, district Director of Business & Finance Tanja Vadas said — reacting to Public Participation speaker Ryan Knapp who, among other things concerning the transportation contract, questioned the school district’s RFP process — she stands by the district’s RFP process “but other companies just didn’t bid.”

Concerns With Adherence To School District Policies

Additionally, they also anticipate over a $300,000 surplus for this fiscal year.

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