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Fire Reports | January 9-15, 2014

Published: January 16, 2014 12:00 am

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, January 9: 7:59 pm, hazardous condit...

Police Reports January 9 - 16, 2014

Published: January 16, 2014 12:00 am

Shelton House Police report an incident at Shelton House, a large vacant building at the town-owned Fairfield Hills campus, at about 2:30 pm on January 12. Police said they received a report that...

Police Again Offer Citizen Police Academy

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: January 16, 2014 12:00 am

The Newtown Police Department will again sponsor its Citizen Police Academy, a free educational program intended to inform residents about law enforcement issues and, more broadly, about the crimina...

Final Home Solar Installation Workshop Scheduled

Published: January 16, 2014 12:00 am

UPDATE (Tuesday, January 21, 2014): This workshop has been postponed due to today's snow. It will be held on its snow date of January 23. The workshop has also been moved. It will now be pres...

Permanent Memorial Panel Tackles Time And Opinions

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: January 16, 2014 12:00 am

Charged in September 2013 to investigate whether or not a permanent memorial to 12/14 is appropriate for the community, and if so, what that might look like, the Permanent Memorial Commission of 12 me...

Foley Courts Gun Owners Without Promising Sandy Hook Repeal

By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas

Published: January 15, 2014 12:00 am

MIDDLETOWN – Republican gubernatorial contender Tom Foley told the state’s largest gun group Tuesday night that he would block further gun-control legislation if elected, but he has no plans to seek r...

Organizers Hope 'Shell Shocked' Screening, Panel Discussion Promotes 'Bridge Building'

By John Voket

Published: January 15, 2014 12:00 am

RIDGEFIELD — Organizers of a documentary screening and panel discussion set for Monday, January 20, at 7:30 pm, at The Ridgefield Playhouse hope the event will inspire increased collaboration between ...

Volunteer Fire, Emergency Medical Response Companies Not Required To Provide Health Insurance Under Obamacare

By Shannon Hicks

Published: January 14, 2014 12:00 am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Volunteer fire departments and emergency medical responder companies will not be required to provide health insurance for their members or face a penalty under the Affordable Care A...

NHS Principal Dumais Named Superintendent For Amity Regional School District

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: January 14, 2014 12:00 am

Newtown High School Principal Charles Dumais was chosen unanimously by the Amity Regional School District #5 as that district’s new superintendent of schools at a meeting of that district’s Board of E...

Optimism Colors Remediation Progress At C.H. Booth Library

By Nancy K. Crevier

Published: January 13, 2014 12:00 am

Following flooding on January 4 at C.H. Booth Library from sprinkler pipes that froze and burst, sending a deluge of damaging water through the first and second floor sections of the 1998 addition to ...

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Cargo Van Driver Taken To Hospital Following Collision With Gas Tanker

Knotweed Initiative Program Planned

Theater Review: No Weak Links In Farnol’s Gripping, Fast-Paced ‘King Lear’

Newtown Cultural Arts Commission Grant Application Deadline Approaching

Thanks for the reply. I meant the numbers you presented in your letter. I found one place where other numbers were listed: https://www.newtownbee.com/04232026/get-out-and-vote-on-the-2026-27-proposed-municipal-and-school-budgets/?q=\\\%22advisory%20questions\\\%22. In that article, the numbers were cited as: Treadwell field: $1,125,000 Library: $720,000 Salt Storage: $600,000 As one who started out in the early 80's when inflation was double digits, my 1985 mortgage rate was 14%, and child care costs were comparable (in present value), I shared your grief but never considered the voters ironic or shameful. PS. I agree college tuition is ridiculous. Thankfully, universities are offering (or considering) waiving all or most tuition for middle class families (upwards of $200,000 incomes). Hopefully, they'll also reconsider their need for those funds in the first place.

The ‘Me’ Generation

Sure! Child care costs: https://www.ffyf.org/2022/10/13/data-child-care-prices-continue-to-rise-ahead-of-midterm-elections-outpacing-inflation/ (also from 2021-2025 we had 2 children in a local daycare in Newtown and it cost us $3200 a month, so that's a number I am very familiar with) Home price / median price vs income source: https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/home-price-income-ratios Tuition increase vs inflation: https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/noting-a-decline-in-middle-class-students-colleges-provide-more-aid/ Hope this helps :)

Shame on NAFC. Unless you have not read about the controversy surrounding why I left Michelle Ku’s campaign, I cannot understand why you would endorse a candidate that uses homophobic and stereotypical tactics to run a campaign. Ask her to share the texts sent to her committee involving “diva” and Spanish tshirts because “Brazilians” are moving into Newtown. As if Latinos are all Brazilian and don’t understand English. Shame on you.

Endorses Embree Ku

Nothing says “community spirit” quite like declaring moral bankruptcy because voters didn’t fund your preferred project. Apparently, approving basic infrastructure that everyone uses—like functional sidewalks and parking for a facility that all community members use and salt that keeps those touchpoints functional in winter—is now evidence of generational selfishness. The real irony isn’t in what passed or failed; it’s in accusing others of self-interest while insisting they should have voted for something you happen to value. That’s not “us”—that’s just a different version of “me.” Voters weighed priorities and made a choice. Calling that “shameful” doesn’t elevate the argument—it just reveals how little tolerance there is for democratic outcomes that don’t go your way. If the takeaway is that more people should show up and vote, fair enough. But let’s not pretend disagreement is a character flaw. Sometimes the electorate simply decides that not every nice-to-have is a must-have.

I understand your basic point, but not the numbers. Can you help us understand where your numbers come from? Thanks!

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Fire Reports | January 9-15, 2014

Police Reports January 9 - 16, 2014

Police Again Offer Citizen Police Academy

Final Home Solar Installation Workshop Scheduled

Permanent Memorial Panel Tackles Time And Opinions

Foley Courts Gun Owners Without Promising Sandy Hook Repeal

Organizers Hope 'Shell Shocked' Screening, Panel Discussion Promotes 'Bridge Building'

Volunteer Fire, Emergency Medical Response Companies Not Required To Provide Health Insurance Under Obamacare

NHS Principal Dumais Named Superintendent For Amity Regional School District

Optimism Colors Remediation Progress At C.H. Booth Library