Friday, January 6
Performance by Duelly Noted, 7 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, free 45-minute performance by Hamilton College-based a ...
Dispatchers Trained To Address Children In Peril
 By Andrew Gorosko
Staffers at the emergency dispatching center at Town Hall South now have reference informa...
Good news and bad news this week.
The good news is, after two weeks of our most recent challenge (inset) we finally heard from someone who recognized the shed w...
New Police Commission Faces Continuing Traffic Concerns
By Andrew Gorosko
Several residents concerned about longstanding local traffic/pedestrian safety issues...
Arnold Moller
US Merchant Marine
And Army Veteran
Arnold Moller, 84, of Stratford, beloved husband of Cynthia (Pott) Moller, died peacefully with his...
Newtown Support Groups
Friday, January 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion....
Girls’ Cagers Wallop Masuk, Take Gains From First Loss
By Andy Hutchison
MONROE — Jeremy O’Connell has been pushing his pla...
Shpunt Honored For Four-Plus Decades Of Volunteer Work With Youth Program
By Andy Hutchison
He started with a whistle and clipboard before they put a man on the...
Heartbreaking Loss On Emotional Night For Hawks
By Andy Hutchison
In the eyes of Coach John Quinn, everything seemed to be in place for a win: The Newtown High ...
Town Historian’s Annual Lecture To Explore ‘The American Revolution In Newtown’
Newtown was a town torn apart by the Revolut...
Budget should be cut by 20%, spending $2.65 million dollars per every week forever is absolutely unsustainable ! Do everything possible to Vote No on another nonsensical attempt to increase the cost of living ! Taxpayers are honestly just renting their houses from the town, it costs me $40 every night to sleep in my own bed ! Soon it will be cheaper living in a hotel than owning a property in Newtown !
I went and complaint to Rosenthall's father that the budget was too high at $80M several years ago, now we are at almost $140M . $2.65 million per week that is ! Fairfield hills should have long been developed by investors money and bring revenue to the town. WE ARE DRIVING OURSELVES OUT OF NEWTOWN by doing this and constantly raising the cost of living. It makes zero sense, any extra budget money gets burned on stupid stuff just so they can ask for more next year. Put an END TO THIS STUPIDITY and CUT THE BUDGET 20%. Everyone will be just fine ! Kids won't get any smarter anyway. That's an honest reality !
Any common sensical person can do this job at under 100k salary. Way overhyped and overpaid at over $200k annual salary. We as voters have to put an end to this. Not to mention an assistant comes along with this job paid at 190k! What is wrong with you voters?
The entire budget needs to be cut not raised. The proposed budget now would sit that we spend $2.65 million dollars every week. For population of less than 30k people it is absolutely absurd ! You cannot keep driving older folks out of town just to create a revolving door of parents who come here, educate their kids and run away ! There is no need to be paying 190K annual salary to an ASSISTANT to superintendent, not in the best interest of tax payers ! The voting turnout at 9% is ridiculous ! Lobby lawmakers to change the voting by mail, so everyone gets a ballot in the mail and at least 51% of residents vote to approve, otherwise the budget should not be approved if you don't have the majority ! Most folks don't even know when the vote is ! They have taxes bundled with mortgage and don't even know ! We are raising cost of living for everyone and it is absolutely not necessary.