Meet The 2004 King & Queen Dogs Of Newtown
By Shannon Hicks
Ballots for The 2004 Newtown Bee King & Queen Dog Contest arrived in the offices of Bee Publishing C...
Newtown Car Wash will participate in this exceptional event, and invites the Newtown community to join it in its efforts. A rain date of September 25 has been s...
Aquifers And Watersheds—
Regional Planning Agency Inventories Water Resources
By Andrew Gorosko
The regional planning agency has created an electro...
Free Training In Human Services
WOODBRIDGE — The Marrakech, Inc Academy for Human Service Training is offering a 12-week training program. This uniq...
Closing Credit Cards The Right Way
ROCKVILLE, MD. — When looking to simplify their financial lives or curb the temptation to spend, many people choo...
My Summer In The ‘80s, Part 4—
Joan Jett & Cyndi Lauper Deliver A Double Dose of Musical Memories
By John Voket
It may not be the oddest...
Dear Free: Unfortunately, this country has more mutt puppies produced each year than we know what to do with. Millions of dogs, including puppies, are put t...
By Kim J. Harmon
Disabled or not, Carolyn Lucey had more than enough determination to get up on that water ski last Saturday on Lake Zoar.
“I know I...
Computer Seminars OfferedÂ
 Danbury SeniorNet is offering a series of two-hour daily computer seminars beginning Tuesday, September 14.
 The seminars cover ...
Annual Picnic Celebrates American, Ukrainian Culture
By Larissa Lytwyn
For the past 28 years, Ukrainians across New York and New England have gathered on the lu...
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.