NHS Teacher To Be Honored This Weekend
At Annual Walk Against Domestic Violence
By Eliza Hallabeck
During the Annual Women’s Center of Greater Danb...
A Barbaric Practice Continues
To the Editor:
One week ago on Sunday morning three men arrived at our home in hunting apparel and asked me if they could track a...
Llodra Wants Open Space Funding Back In The CIP
By John Voket
Considering Newtown can realize as much as a 300 percent return on investment for every acre of la...
Newtown Democrats Release New Policy Issues
By John Voket
After working for several months to craft a package of policy issues that are embraced by local rank a...
To The Editor:
As a parent and an educator, I know firsthand what it means to value and support education. Newtown is fortunate to have Chris Lyddy standing up ...
Photojournalist And Author
To Share Stories At Library
Award-winning photographer Marc-Yves Regis will be at C.H. Booth Library on Thursday, October 7, at 7 pm...
Cody M. Cahill, son of Patricia Cahill of Sandy Hook, recently enlisted in the US Marine Corps under the Delayed Entry Program at Military Entrance Processi...
The dispatchers at the emergency communications center at Town Hall South report the following fire calls and their primary responders:
Friday, September 24...
Newtown Veteran Celebrates ‘Day Of Honor’
By Nancy K. Crevier
At 83 years of age, Newtown resident Darius Hallabeck falls just below the...
Katherine James Martens
Educator And Author
Katherine James Martens, 78, recently from Newtown and previously from Riverdale, N.Y., died September 22. She ...
Who have you asked that didn't know where to cut? Its easy. Ideally, you would start with section 100 of the budget but the union prevents that. So I say you turn to page 18, put it on your dart board, and start reducing the head count. It's all you can do when the union controls the budget.
The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).