Dearest Bob,
It was always your choice for us to get an early start when traveling over a weekend.
True to habit, you departed in the early morning hours of Fri...
It is with profound sadness that we announce the loss of our beautiful princess warrior, Kaia Elizabeth Lauro. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by ...
Newtown High School's girls' volleyball team, the No. 2 seed, blanked No. 3 and visiting Weston 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-13) in the South-West Conference Tournamen...
Margaret “Peg” Wood, 73, passed away on October 30, 2023, at St Francis Hospital in Hartford.
Margaret (Morgan) Wood was born on October 16, 1950, in Danbury, t...
To the Editor:
Despite the weather the response to the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library’s Fall Donation Day was overwhelming. We truly do collect books, puzzle...
Readers were invited last weekend to spend some time at Fairfield Hills, where nearly 30 unique scarecrows had been put on view for the annual Parks & Recreatio...
To the Editor:
I want a first selectman who can get something done for Newtown.
In the days before Jeff Capeci, the Town and the Board of Education proposed the...
To the Editor:
Currently, as chairman of the Legislative Council, a political body reactive to the needs of the voters, I look to John Madzula for fiscal guidan...
To the Parents and Residents of Newtown:
As a young parent navigating the journey of our own child as we make decisions about what is best for our children, I d...
To the Editor:
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been reflecting on the campaign season which for me started in mid-June. In that time, I have taken the tim...
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.”