A handful of people spoke at the public hearing on the 2018-19 Superintendent's Requested Operational Budget Plan at the Board of Education's budget workshop on...
Whether or not we get another six weeks of winter will be determined, well ... once we see what the weather does for the next month and a half. Or, if you want ...
Newtown Youth Basketball Association and the Newtown High School athletic department invite all Newtown residents over the age of 65 to a free dessert tasting, ...
The C.H. Booth Library's Children's Department, on the first floor, was active with children utilizing its resources on the evening of January 29.Dog Man.
Three...
On Saturday, March 3, from 10 am to 2 pm, in the Meeting Room of the C.H. Booth Library, tweens and teens ages 10 and older will have the opportunity to learn h...
Alice May Cornell, 93, of Southbury, beloved wife of Robert W. Cornell, died January 27 at Danbury Hospital, after a brief illness. A longtime resident of Newto...
Wilbur "Bill" Haggett, 88, died January 21 at Danbury Hospital, following a short illness. He lived in Marblehead, Mass., for most of his life before moving to ...
Newtown High School's boys' swimming and diving team, on January 30, visited South-West Conference rival Weston, which had lost only to fellow powerhouse and un...
The Newtown Torpedoes held their fifth Annual Swim-A-Thon at Newtown High School, on January 27. During the daylong event, 46 team members completed 6,430 laps,...
Newtown High School's boys' basketball team put the skids on a four-game losing streak with a 60-49 win over visiting New Fairfield, on January 30.
The Nighthaw...
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.
