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Spring Project Will See Extended Trail At FFH

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: April 02, 2015 12:00 am

Trails at Fairfield Hills will be extended this spring, adding nearly another paved mile through the sprawling, scenic campus. Addressing the Fairfield Hills Authority earlier this month, Parks and Re...

Town's Artificial Playing Fields Open; Others Still Closed

By Shannon Hicks

Published: April 02, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown Parks & Recreation has announced that the synthetic/artificial fields at Treadwell Park and Tilson Field have both opened for regular scheduled use as of today. “All other natural surface fiel...

Llodra: Pause Will Help Town To Find A Way Forward With Community Center

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: April 01, 2015 12:00 am

Only two men attempted to attend a community center information session Tuesday evening, March 31. They didn’t get word that it had been canceled several hours earlier. The cancellation followed the a...

Town Turf Fields Still Closed

By Shannon Hicks

Published: April 01, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown Parks & Recreation has announced that the turf fields at Treadwell Park and Tilson Field will once again remain closed for at least another 24 hours, if not longer. The fields have not yet bee...

Police Department Receives Reaccreditation By State Council

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: April 01, 2015 12:00 am

The Newtown Police Department has received reaccreditation from the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training Council (POSTC), signifying the department’s continuing compliance with a broad range ...

VFW Seeking Assistance In Placing Gravesite Flags

Published: March 31, 2015 12:00 am

Each year, just prior to Memorial Day, members of Newtown Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 308 place new flags on the graves of all veterans buried in Newtown, a way of honoring departed service members ...

Open Burning Season Extended To May 15

Published: March 31, 2015 12:00 am

Fire Marshal Bill Halstead announced March 26 that the open burning season is extended to May 15 to allow residents sufficient time to burn small brush for its disposal. Open burning season normally s...

Llodra Recommends Delay On Community Center Project Vote

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: March 31, 2015 12:00 am

First Selectman Pat Llodra is recommending to the Board of Selectman that action on the community center project “not go forward as planned” on April 28, in a statement released Tuesday, March 31. “It...

River Walk Sewer Hearing Rescheduled To April 9

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: March 30, 2015 12:00 am

The Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) has postponed a public hearing on a 74-unit multifamily housing complex proposed for Washington Avenue in Sandy Hook Center, which initially had been scheduled for We...

Borough Warden Suggests Townwide Traffic Study

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: March 30, 2015 12:00 am

Police Commission members conducted a special meeting last week to discuss the traffic problems posed by the flagpole intersection of Main Street, Church Hill Road, and West Street. They invited the c...

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Thank you for being a watchdog guarding our precious tax dollar. I am horrified at some of the items the town wants to spend our money on, like a $95,000 per year executive assistant for the 1st Selectman and now I have learned there are plans for a $75,000 commercial kitchen installed in the library! Jordana Bloom, who represents my 2nd District works at the library. Did she recuse herself from this expense?

Urges ‘No’ Vote On Budget

Great letter Donna. Anita Corbeil

Says Budget Was Not In ‘Best Interest’

I am glad to have the opportunity to clear the air on these issues. First, I am supporting Ned Lamont at the upcoming convention and have supported him since he announced his candidacy. Second, regarding the legislation on housing, I agree with Mr. Gaston - the law should be written to include mobile homes and attached apartments (including those without restrictive covenants). We need someone in Hartford who works well with others and who has experience collaborating and negotiating to change HB-8002 and 8-30(g). So, now that the record is corrected, you can consider that I am that person. Michelle Embree Ku, Candidate for House District 106

Support For Brandon Moore

The editorial took no position on the budget going up or down so you're reading things into the editorial that simply aren't there. The turnout is tied to the lack of passage, in that people who came out to vote last time did not this time, indicating a lack of support on their part. Perhaps it wasn't spelled out clearly enough, but that's what the editorial was driving at, people showing lack of support by not casting a vote. The editorial did address likely concerns among voters that may have led to lack of support and lack of turnout. This lower turnout also follows increasing turnout over the past four referendums in three years (meaning it is an aberration from that), and increased turnout is something that I do push for regularly in editorials. Any disappointment you might be seeing is at the break in that trend, not at whether the budget passed or not. I'd rather see more people come out and vote "no" then not vote at all.

Lower Turnout Results In Two Budget Defeats

Clearly, property owners no longer want to bear the burden of expenses while the state does not meet it’s responsibilities. Rising costs must be addressed by actions that do not include yearly increases of property owners’ taxes. The state of CT must meet its share of the educational costs, and other costs.

Town And School Budgets Fail At Referendum

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Spring Project Will See Extended Trail At FFH

Town's Artificial Playing Fields Open; Others Still Closed

Llodra: Pause Will Help Town To Find A Way Forward With Community Center

Town Turf Fields Still Closed

Police Department Receives Reaccreditation By State Council

VFW Seeking Assistance In Placing Gravesite Flags

Open Burning Season Extended To May 15

Llodra Recommends Delay On Community Center Project Vote

River Walk Sewer Hearing Rescheduled To April 9

Borough Warden Suggests Townwide Traffic Study