‘Unhung Heroes’ On View At
 Wilton Library To Oct. 30
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Bonnie Sailer of Newtown, Conn., will show “...
Wild Food And Ecology Walking Tour Rescheduled
The “Wild Food and Ecology Tour” that was to be led by naturalist and author â€	...
Letters Of Endorsement
To the Editor:
How fortunate we are to have two qualified candidates running for state representative. This is a case where we get to vot...
A Tribute To A Dance Teacher
To The Editor:
As the kids get settled in school and extracurricular activity schedules become routine, I am reminded of, and get m...
Marguerite Budd Hyde
Historic Newtown Family Member
Maguerite “Peggy” Budd Hyde, 82, died September 12 at Ormond Memorial Hospital ...
Obama Is A Socialist
To the Editor:
 In response to Mr Sandler [Letter Hive, “More Questions, A Different View,” 9/26/08]:
 My goal wa...
Hawks Still Spiking Competition; Coach Still Not Satisfied
By Andy Hutchison
The Newtown High School girls’ volleyball team may be 8-0 and appare...
Nourishments—
Apple Season Means Cider Season
By Nancy K. Crevier
If I was looking for a beverage to load me up on vitamin C just as winter and the...
Burn Victim Listed As Critical
A local man, who received second-degree burns on about 40 percent of his body in a September 24 incident at his 17 Head Oâ€&...
For Safety’s Sake, Donate To Skate!
To the Editor:
I’m writing this letter in search of support for a cause that is near and dear to my ...
I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!
Who have you asked that didn't know where to cut? Its easy. Ideally, you would start with section 100 of the budget but the union prevents that. So I say you turn to page 18, put it on your dart board, and start reducing the head count. It's all you can do when the union controls the budget.
The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).