With a roughly 9% turnout, the town and school budgets, as well three capital projects, passed at referendum on April 25.

According to Democratic Registrar of Voters Lereine Frampton, 1,720 voters cast a ballot, with 1,628 voting in person and 62 absentee ballots. There are 18,753 eligible voters.

The town budget passed, 1,088 yes to 625 no. An advisory question, rendered irrelevant by passage of the town budget on whether the total budget should be a larger amount if it fails at referendum, received 390 yes votes and 1,253 no votes.

The school budget also passed, 991 yes to 722 no. An advisory question, rendered irrelevant by passage of the school budget on whether the total budget should be a larger amount if it fails at referendum, received 572 yes votes and 1,097 no votes.

A question on the funding for the municipal center roof passed, 1,168 yes to 539 no.

A question on the funding for an HVAC project at Newtown High School passed, 1,178 yes to 535 no.

Finally, a question on the design work for an HVAC project at Newtown Middle School passed, 1,221 yes to 483 no.

A follow up story with additional details on the referendum will be published this Friday in the print version of The Newtown Bee and on newtownbee.com.

Associate Editor Jim Taylor can be reached at jim@thebee.com.