Officials opened Newtown’s unique new Bicycle Playground on June 7, noting that we are in an era where most entertainment happens on screens — from video games,...
A group of Newtown High School track and field competitors represented the Nighthawks in unique, challenging, and grueling postseason multiple-event races, incl...
Every day, thousands of vehicles and folks on the front end of the Fairfield Hills trail network trundle past the Newtown ambulance headquarters — home to the N...
July 3, 1998
HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Ina Iwertz.
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“Anyone who has ever taken a vacation with two kids in the back of a station wagon, and multiplies...
The Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard (2GHG) Recruit Graduation took place on the 2GHG grounds at Fairfield Hills on Sunday, June 25. It was the culmination...
Real Food CT (RFCT) is hosting its annual Seed-to-Plate local harvest celebration on Friday, August 4, from 5 to 9 pm. The event is moving this year, to NewSylu...
The Newtown High School soccer sideline will feature a familiar yet new coach this coming fall. Adam Bourret has been named the head coach of the girls’ program...
The town’s communications system, authorized by voters at referendums in 2020 and 2021, is expected to be finished within a month, according to First Selectman ...
Updated: This report has been updated to correct the operator charged in a June 21 collision on Berkshire Road.
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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.”