Throwing Cold Water
On A Winter Tradition
To the Editor:
On Sunday, the Grinch closed Hawley Pond. Just after I had stepped onto the ice to find nearly 200 peo...
Mary Grace
Gaudiano Falco
Loving And Caring
Mary Grace Gaudiano Falco, 90, of Milford, died January 26 in Connecticut Hospice, Branford. Born in Bridgepor...
Newtown’s Lack Of Coordination
Newtown’s Parks and Recreation Department watched incredulously as defeat was snatched from the jaws of v...
By Andy Hutchison
Depth — both in the number of talented swimmers and in the versitilty they possess to compete in various events — has ...
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leftover property transfers from 2-1-08
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Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as trustee of Austin, Texas, to Mustafa Umar of Bridgeport, residentia...
By Andy Hutchison
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Robert Mulcahy
Former Newtown Resident
Robert D. Mulcahy, 62, of Apex, N.C., died January 20. He was a former resident of Newtown, and had lived in Southbu...
New Home Sales
Fall By Record Amount
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Sales of new homes plunged by a record amount in 2007 while prices posted the weakest ...
They clearly didn't get the message ! CUT THE BUDGET by 20% , not raise it ! Newtown spends $2,500,000.00 every week now ! It will be $2.6m if you approve it ! Who are these people not paying attention to the cost of living? Throwing money at the school administration will not make your kids any smarter ! We are at $22K per kid per year, that is insane ! CUT THE BUDGET ! Go show up and VOTE, because 1200 people who voted yes will show up again, and it's the 1200 people who decide your cost of living for years to come. 51% voters turnout should be mandated to approve the budget, not pathetic 15% of voters. Stop these nonsensical referendums and send everyone a card in the mail so we have a true outcome what people actually want.
All due respect, the headline to this article is misleading. The budget presented was a proposed budget that did not pass public referendum. There are no cuts to anything, rather a reduction in the Board of Education original asking dollars. As matter of fact, the current recommendation from the LC is an increase of 2.3M more than the previous budget from 2023/24.
Some background on the Bus comment Mr Knapp made on not following policy. From ther Bee may 2023.
Following a Request for Proposal (RFP), the school board learned at its March 15 meeting that only one bid came back for the school district’s transportation contract. The current contract with All-Star Transportation, which oversees the majority of bus routes for the district, is set to end at the end of this school year.
At the May 3 meeting, district Director of Business & Finance Tanja Vadas said — reacting to Public Participation speaker Ryan Knapp who, among other things concerning the transportation contract, questioned the school district’s RFP process — she stands by the district’s RFP process “but other companies just didn’t bid.”