Youth Programs
Children of Divorce — Will meet on Monday evenings, December 4 and 18, from 6 to 7 pm, at Newtown Youth Services. This group...
Bits & Pieces
Blunders For The Ages
By Kim J. Harmon
If you are a New York Giants fan, roughly 35 and older, you have to feel pretty fortunate today.
Why? ...
Sandy Hook Center—
Developer Makes Fourth Attempt For Condo Complex Â
By Andrew Gorosko
A Danbury developer’s fourth attempt to buil...
Durwood E.  Nickerson
US Navy Veteran
Durwood E. “Nick” Nickerson, 60, of Simpsonville, S.C., formerly of New Fairfield, died No...
Monday Night Racing
The Newtown Winterset Ski Club will open its Monday Night racing schedule on December 18 (weather permitting).
The schedule will include ra...
HSO Holiday Pops! Spectacular Will Mark
Debut Of New Family Offering
HARTFORD — Music lovers of all ages will thrill to the spectacle of the season ...
James J. Principi
World War II
Marine Corps Veteran
James J. Principi, Sr, 81, of Ridgefield, a World War II Marine Corps veteran who had been an ele...
Discovery Museum’s Two Newest Exhibitions Promise Fun For All Ages
BRIDGEPORT — The Discovery Museum is hosting two entertaining new exh...
Rotary Pancake Breakfast
Is Back, Saturday
On Saturday, December 2, Newtown Rotary will hold its 46th Annual Pancake Breakfast in the Alexandria Room at Edmond...
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.