Al-Anon Convention
STAMFORD — The 24th Connecticut Al-Anon Convention will be held at the Stamford Sheraton, 2701 Summer Street, on March 23 throug...
NVCC To Hold High Tech Expo
WATERBURY — Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) will host a High Tech Engineering Expo on Thursday, March 8, from ...
Council Approves Increased Library Budget
By Steve Bigham
The Legislative Council Wednesday approved a $730,000 budget request from the Cyrenius H. Booth Librar...
Longer Runway Needed At Tweed To Attract Airlines
NEW HAVEN (AP) — The Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority is proposing to extend the runway 2,000 fee...
WestConn Bans Circuses With Animals
DANBURY (AP) — School officials have issued a ban on circus animal acts at Western Connecticut State University....
BAHA’I FAITH OF NEWTOWN
Contact Michael or Susan Dutton
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Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; disc...
Potentially Fatal Pet Disease On The Rise In Connecticut
NEW HAVEN (AP) — Veterinarians are urging dog owners to get their pets vaccinated against a...
Garry Ober Talk About Invasive Plants
Although the snowdrifts are still in evidence, a few brave crocuses and snow drops have begun to make a tentative appearan...
The dispatchers at Edmond Town Hall report the following fire calls:
Friday, February 23: 12:18 am, first response to medical emergency, Sugar Loaf Road, Sa...
I hope that concerned folks will focus on the budget that we vote to approve each year. It is the primary determinant of the taxes we pay. Assessments are, in a way, the distribution or redistribution of that tax burden across taxpayers based on the value of their homes. Even if there were no revaluation taking place, we would be paying more tax because we voted for an increased budget. The only other offset would be a meaningful increase in businesses or new homes providing additional tax revenues. As I understand it, the mil rate will adjust based on valuations (grand list) to provide the budget we vote for. Taxes will go up until we spend less or get more revenue from new sources.
Editor's Note: It should also be pointed out that NYA (and NVAC) built their own building — which has a footprint larger than Newsylum, Parent Connection, and the Ambulance headquarters combined — that each of the latter organizations also contributed their own significant funds to their construction and improvement projects; and that Newsylum and the Parent Connection both improved existing abandoned buildings that may have otherwise continued to be unused and deteriorating.
