Newtown’s taxpayers will have their first opportunity ever to act on the request of the Board of Fire Commissioners for funds to purchase a new ladd...
*Hartford Civic Center has been fairly quiet lately but all that is about to change in a big way. Tickets will be going on sale Saturday, November 4, at 10 am, ...
Angelo J. Manzo
Angelo J. Manzo, 77, of Bridgeport, husband of Shirley (Damiano) Manzo, died October 31 in his home, surrounded by his loving family.
He is sur...
Parent University Cancelled
The third annual Parent University co-sponsored by the Newtown Prevention Council and Danbury Hospital scheduled for November 4 at N...
Choosing State Legislators
We cannot think of a time when Newtown has had a better team of legislators working on its behalf in Hartford. This team takes its le...
An Outpouring Of Love
To the Editor:
The outpouring of love and emotions that filled St Rose Church on Monday cannot be described in simple words. The tragic a...
Author Linda Napier, a registered nurse, will talk about her book Tender Medicine and the physical, emotional and spiritual healing of touch on November 14 at t...
Our Kids Will Never Walk Alone
The following open letter to The Danbury Band Aids, Inc. has been received for publication:
On behalf of the Newtown High School ...
Robert E. Fairfield
Robert E. Fairfield, 84, of 65 Masonic Avenue, Apt. 216, Wallingford, formerly of Newtown, died October 24 at the Masonic Geriatric Healthca...
Potential Buyer Found For Grand Union Chain
WAYNE, N.J. — The Grand Union Company announced this week that it has entered into a letter of intent pr...
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 !
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 !
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?
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.