Commentary –
The Trouble With Student Testing
That Doesn’t Count
By Chris Powell
Teachers in Connecticut are getting upset over all the ...
Summer Workshops With Visiting Artist
DANBURY — Wooster Community Art Center (WCAC) is offering two end-of-summer workshops led by prominent artist ...
Matthew and Karen Reilly of Southbury announce the birth of a son, Kevin Matthew Reilly, on July 29 at Danbury Hospital.
The maternal grandparents are Tom and J...
Summer Programs Continue At Kettletown
SOUTHBURY — Kettletown State Park has announced the free public programs it will be hosting during the next t...
Booth Book Sale On Labor Day Weekend
The C.H. Booth Library Book Sale, one of New England’s largest book sales, will be held for the 26th consecutiv...
Tuesday, August 7
Galvanized Jazz Band performance, 7 pm rain or shine, Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free outdoor performance of Dixieland and B...
Jazz In
Weir Garden
WILTON — Weir Farm National Historic Site will host its 6th Annual “Jazz in the Garden” concert on Sunda...
HARTFORD – Just a week or so after capturing the Danbury Amateur championship with relative ease, Tara Fiscella of Newtown was just one step away fr...
Roberts Receives Rotary Achievement Award
Newtown Rotary Club member Nelson (Skip) Roberts was presented with the J. Frank Miles Award by Scott Senete, club pre...
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.