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Top Five NewtownBee.Com Stories For April 10 To 16

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: Apr 20, 2022 10:30 AM

Each week we compile a list of some of the most-read stories published at newtownbee.com. Here is a roundup of the week’s top stories, based on the number of page reads.

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“Newtown Warrant Service Leads To Gunpoint Kidnapping,” by Jim Taylor, published April 14. A Danbury man was recently arrested after a gunpoint kidnapping and failed attempt to elude arrest in a car stolen from a Newtown residence. Read more at newtownbee.com/04142022/newtown-warrant-service-leads-to-gunpoint-carjacking.

“Hawleyville Warehouse Hearing Draws Large Crowd, Multiple Intervenors,” by Jim Taylor, published April 15. More than 200 people crowded into the largest gathering space at the Newtown Community Center April 7 for a Planning & Zoning Commission hearing on a 330,440 square foot warehouse proposed for 10 Hawleyville Road. Read more at newtownbee.com/04152022/hawleyville-warehouse-hearing-draws-large-crowd-multiple-intervenors.

“Snapshot: Melissa Green Houston,” published April 13. Melissa Green Houston was featured in The Newtown Bee’s Snapshot profile. Read more at newtownbee.com/04132022/snapshot-melissa-green-houston.

“Edison Kitchen’s Hungry Patrons Will ‘Come Happy, Leave Happier,’” by Eliza Hallabeck, published April 16. Edison Kitchen is a relatively new eatery in downtown Bethel promising “authentic” and “genuine” culinary temptations, and its owner/chef Chris Bruno is probably a very familiar name to many Newtown residents. Read more at newtownbee.com/04162022/edison-kitchens-hungry-patrons-will-come-happy-leave-happier.

“‘He Loves Life’: Longtime DAWS Resident Zorro Looking For His Forever Home,” by Alissa Silber, published April 11. Zorro, who holds the title of the longest resident at Danbury Animal Welfare Society (DAWS), is on the search for his forever home with someone who he can love the rest of his life and live happily ever after with. Read more at newtownbee.com/04112022/he-loves-life-longtime-daws-resident-zorro-looking-for-his-forever-home.

Education Editor Eliza Hallabeck can be reached at eliza@thebee.com.

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BOE Referendum, Round Two, UnderwayRegistered Newtown voters are heading to the polls today, for the second attempt by the Board of Education to get a budget for the 2024-25 academic year passed.Registered Newtown voters are heading to the polls today, for the second attempt by the Board of Education to get a budget for the 2024-25 academic year passed.All voting is again taking place at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street. Polls opened at 6 am and will remain open until 8 pm.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 Board of Education’s proposed 2024-25 budget.The reduction was unanimously approved by all 12 councilmen, in contrast to a previous, pre-referendum meeting on March 27, where no bottom line for the school budget drew more than a simple majority of seven votes.The new bottom line of $87,409,066 is a $2,339,415 or 2.75% spending increase over the 2023-24 budget, which places it in line with the municipal budget, which was passed by voters.The previous proposed 2024-25 BOE budget rejected by voters was $88,817,373, which would have been a $3,747,722 or 4.4% spending increase.The education budget failed, 1,701 No votes to 1,194 Yes votes.On the secondary question to the education budget — If the proposed sum for the Board of Education is not approved, should the revised budget be higher? — the responses were 727 Yes and 2,071 No.The Registrar of Voters reported 15.1% of Newtown’s registered voters participated in the April 23 referendum, with 2,952 people showing up at the middle school to vote and another 47 turning in absentee ballots.

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It is a shame but yes, we are so broke... The NIMBY crowd will not allow any new development so there is no ability to add to the tax base... got to hire strangers to park at our schools, and grocery stores and sneak around on our property to ensure our kindergartners Spanish class doesn't get canceled.

Council Approves Money For Vehicle TaxRecovery

I was the recipient of such a invasion of my privacy when my daughter was visiting her boyfriend in Waterbury. They tried to get me to pay them taxes instead of Newtown. They were rude, offensive and threatening and I had to call the mayor of Waterbury to finally get it cleared up after being threatened. It was a long drawn out process to get this overturned. Are we that broke that we have to turn our residents over to these mercenaries? This is beyond belief. How dare you hire these rent a cops to harass and threaten us?

Thanks for the quote, many people don’t realize Newtown does not exist in a silo and we have peers to benchmark against. For example Trumbull also spends less per student and outperforms us. ALL students benefit from consistent policies and quality education. Affordability matters, especially to less affluent families which tend to skew more heavily minority based on census data.

Newtown Cares About Its Students, Not Just The Numbers

Why should it be a town decision? The town does not own the land. This town is not one big HOA.

Development Of Unprotected Land Could Permanently Change Character Of The Borough

Spot on, tomj. One's personal life, family and/or business will be targeted if they're an outspoken R in this town.

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