Golf Tourney Will Help
NHS Hockey Reach Goals
To the Editor:
I am writing to invite readers of this letter to participate in the 1st Annual Golf Tournament Fu...
Steinebrey Named Sandy Hook FD
Outstanding Member
During the company’s annual meeting on Monday, June 1, Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company...
Barbara B. Kerans
Devoted And Loving Mother And Grandmother
Barbara B. Kerans, 74, of Sandy Hook, died May 30 at Danbury Hospital. Ms Kerans was born in Me...
Dorothy Tani
Dearly Loved
Lifetime Resident
Dorothy Ingram Tani, age 87, of Sandy Hook, died Friday, May 29, at her home. She was a lifetime resident...
School Year Support Groups
Newtown Youth & Family Services has some support groups that will be going on hiatus for the summer months but will return in the fal...
Theater Review—
Fascinating — And Lengthy — Tales Of The Round Table
By Julie Stern
RIDGEFIELD — Lerner and Loe...
Assault Charge
Police said they received a report about 10:15 pm May 29 concerning an altercation that occurred at Proud Mary’s, a bar in the l...
Seasonal Glories The Focus
Of New Pond Farm Art Show
WEST REDDING — New Pond Farm, an award-winning educational center and working farm in West Red...
Rooster Rally
Will Be Something To Crow About
To the Editor:
Sitting atop the Newtown Meeting House, right next to our flagpole, is the famous gilded rooster t...
Quite A Turnaround ... Kromberg Earns MVP Honors As Hawks Cap Improbable Run
By Andy Hutchison
BETHEL — Seeded eighth, the underdog Newtown High Sc...
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.
