Occupation: I have been director of adult and continuing education for the Newtown schools for five years. I graduated with a bachelor of general studies, w...
Few Attend Saturday
Budget Hearing
By Steve Bigham
Only three people turned out for the annual Saturday morning public hearing on the proposed town budget March...
Theresa Loar At Fairfield University
FAIRFIELD — Theresa Loar, former director of the White House Interagency Council on Women and Senior Coordinato...
Lyme Disease Forum On April 9
The Newtown Rotary Club, in conjunction with the Newtown Lyme Disease Task Force, will present a program on Lyme disease preven...
Tom Nelson will also entertain with his Celtic harp. Borders will have the presenters’ books available for sale. The event is a fundraiser for local...
Valley Classic Bike Racing
Scenes like this (the Planet Outdoors team at the Killington, Vermont Stage Race 2000) will be found at the Housatonic Valley Classic...
Mr And Mrs John J. Beardsworth
Cheryl D. Greene, daughter of Colene Brink of Denver, Colo., and David Brink of Lake Worth, Fla., was married to John J. Beardswo...
South Main Crash
Motorist Andrew M. Hernandez, 20, of Bridgeport was driving a 1994 Ford Explorer northbound on South Main Street about 4 pm March 26, when...
DANBURY – The Housatonic Valley Classic, featuring five of the top professional cycling teams, will be held Sunday, May 20. Wheelworks/Cannondale â&...
Steele Helps St. Thomas More Win Title
Courtney Steele (fourth from left, in back), a 2000 graduate of Newtown High School, helped the St. Thomas More â€&#...
I don't understand the concern...the museum has been open for years on Pecks Lane and the size of the building can easily hold them. 60,000 visitors a year is less than 200 people per day, of which at least 1/2 are children. Plus spread out over the course of the day, it's only 15-16 cars per hour during their daytime business hours. Plus EverWonder is known for working to improve our community and unlikely to place any more harm on the environment than those already driving by daily. I think the author hit the nail on the head & EverWonder has found the absolute best place for their home, and thankfully that's in Newtown where our business can thrive from their success!
The issue is not that our taxes will go up. The issue is that the assessment came at a time when the pandemic brought folks to Newtown in a frenzy to buy small houses (like mine <2000 sq ft). 13 houses on my street with long time residents sold in less than 2 days each with most getting more than asking. And these 'comps' were used for my assessment (42% increase). Now that the market has stalled, housing prices have dropped dramatically. We will pay increased taxes for the next 5 years until the next assessment corrects this anomaly. And wait for the car tax! Not to mention the 'R' word.
