Friday, July 4

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jul 04, 2003 12:00 AM

Friday, July 4

INDEPENDENCE DAY

St Rose Parish Carnival, 6â11 pm, St Rose Church grounds, 46 Church Hill Road, games, rides, raffles, food, continues to July 5.

Saturday, July 5

Donut Drive-Thru, 9 amânoon, St Johnâs Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue, fresh, hot donuts, also scones, beignets, coffee, and orange juice, cooked and served by church members; 426-9938.

Final night St Rose Parish Carnival, 6â11 pm, St Rose Church grounds, 46 Church Hill Road.

Monday, July 7

Board of Finance 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Tuesday, July 8

The Kenny Lee Band in concert, 7 pm, The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road free performance of hits from 1940s to 50s continues summer concert series; 426-8118.

Booth Library Board of Trustees, annual meeting, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Borough Board of Burgesses, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Parks and Recreation Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Wednesday, July 9

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) meeting-program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free and open to nonmembers, program on batik painting by Phyllis Boger; 426-6654.

Thursday, July 10

Water Pollution Control Authority, 7:30 pm, sewage treatment plant, Commerce Road.

Saturday, July 12

9th Annual Historic House & Garden Tour, 11 amâ5 pm, tickets $20, privately owned homes and âsecret gardensâ will be open to ticket-holders for walking tours, presented by Newtown Historical Society; 426-5937.

Sunday, July 13

Auditions for Lives of The Saints, 2â4 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, open auditions for ensemble cast of off-beat comedy will continue July 14, directors are Mary Poile and Rob Pawlikowski; 270-9144.

Special Absentee Voting Hours Announced

Go Out And Vote April 23

Supporting Our Kids By Supporting Our Schools

Vote Yes On April 23

All I Ask Is That You Think About It

Budget should be cut by 20%, spending $2.65 million dollars per every week forever is absolutely unsustainable ! Do everything possible to Vote No on another nonsensical attempt to increase the cost of living ! Taxpayers are honestly just renting their houses from the town, it costs me $40 every night to sleep in my own bed ! Soon it will be cheaper living in a hotel than owning a property in Newtown !

Finance Board Moves $1 Million From Education Budget

I went and complaint to Rosenthall's father that the budget was too high at $80M several years ago, now we are at almost $140M . $2.65 million per week that is ! Fairfield hills should have long been developed by investors money and bring revenue to the town. WE ARE DRIVING OURSELVES OUT OF NEWTOWN by doing this and constantly raising the cost of living. It makes zero sense, any extra budget money gets burned on stupid stuff just so they can ask for more next year. Put an END TO THIS STUPIDITY and CUT THE BUDGET 20%. Everyone will be just fine ! Kids won't get any smarter anyway. That's an honest reality !

Why You Should Not Vote For The BOE Budget

Any common sensical person can do this job at under 100k salary. Way overhyped and overpaid at over $200k annual salary. We as voters have to put an end to this. Not to mention an assistant comes along with this job paid at 190k! What is wrong with you voters?

Melillo Announces Departure To Darien

Honestly, I don't know why anyone would ever vote to increase their taxes and give their money away.

Difficult To Vote For BOE Budget Without Specifics

The entire budget needs to be cut not raised. The proposed budget now would sit that we spend $2.65 million dollars every week. For population of less than 30k people it is absolutely absurd ! You cannot keep driving older folks out of town just to create a revolving door of parents who come here, educate their kids and run away ! There is no need to be paying 190K annual salary to an ASSISTANT to superintendent, not in the best interest of tax payers ! The voting turnout at 9% is ridiculous ! Lobby lawmakers to change the voting by mail, so everyone gets a ballot in the mail and at least 51% of residents vote to approve, otherwise the budget should not be approved if you don't have the majority ! Most folks don't even know when the vote is ! They have taxes bundled with mortgage and don't even know ! We are raising cost of living for everyone and it is absolutely not necessary.

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