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Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts announces the following students have been named to the Dean’s List for the...
CROMWELL
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Unsettled weather made things a little bit quieter than normal at the TPC at River Highlands in Cromwell, but local golfer JJ...
A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.
—Franz Kafka
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: ...
Free Seminar On Internet Marketing Wednesday, July 12
Anyone who has ever wondered how to tap into the vast resources on the Internet to help market a business...
Ballroom Dancing
DANBURY — On Friday, July 14, from 7 to 10:30 pm, the public is invited to an evening of ballroom dancing at the Portuguese Cultura...
Timbermill Road
William and Jodi-Jones Bruno purchased a home at 12 Timbermill Road from Alan and Kim Pearlman.
Chris Fairchild with Coldwell Banker Bob Te...
Library Evening Book Discussion
BETHEL — On Tuesday, July 11, Bethel Public Library will host a lively discussion of the book The Inn at Lake Devine...
Same Great Book Sale
To the Editor:
Change of date; change of venue; same great book sale! We were concerned that changing the date of the 31st Annual Friends o...
Corps Of Engineers Reissues Programmatic General Permit
CONCORD, MASS. — The US Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has reissued the state...
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.”