Trinity Episcopal Church will host its next First Friday gathering on March 3.
As the season of Lent begins, all are invited to join members of the church and T...
The second round game between Newtown and Middletown has been rescheduled for 5 pm. Date of game, March 3, remains the same.
A buzzer-beating basket at the...
Suzanne J. Simone, 34, of Carmel, N.Y., previously of Newtown, died unexpectedly February 26. She was born May 13, 1982, a daughter of Steve and Fran (Reheuser)...
By Nancy K. Crevier
It would seem that an item, at its essence simply milk and live cultures, would be an easy thing to select when shopping. As with so much el...
After reviewing a set of proposed borough zoning regulations on assisted-living housing complexes, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members on February 16 e...
Eugenia Theodora Zimski Whitehead, 98, formerly of Bridgeport and longtime resident of Sandy Hook and Redondo Beach, Calif., died peacefully February 28 at Madi...
Borough Zoning Commission (BZC) members are considering a request from Danbury Ambulance Service, Inc to allow it to use the former Newtown Volunteer Ambulance ...
MONROE - There is a sweet something special playing at Two Planks Theater Company's adopted theater home. The current production of La Cage aux Folles is stirri...
OXFORD - Newtown resident Sarah Matula is showcasing some of her professional photography at Oxford Baking Company, 451 Oxford Road, through March 27.For more i...
To the Editor: www.fcgives.org and make your donation to help local families by selecting Newtown Salvation Army as your nonprofit organization on Thurs...
Unfortunately as voter turnout continues to decline the chances of it increasing also decline. The LC and BOF already know that the budget will be approved by virtue of the low turnout so why try to make smart decisions? The so-called referendum is essentially just a rubber stamp. They will continue to increase the budget by 2-5% every year because it's low enough to not cause a pushback under the cover of "inflation" and "maintaining the schools." Sending the budget to vote with 9% turnout is meaningless and a waste of resources on April 23rd.
I have seen Mr. Pisani repeatedly assert in the pages of the Bee that Newtown schools are "testing at a failing 64.9%". I'd be curious if he could elaborate on this statistic, as I have been unable to verify it independently. Which test exactly is our school system failing? How do our schools compare to other towns? How does our score compare to historical measures? It's very hard to draw conclusions from a single data point, so here are a few more data points to think about for context: Newtown is consistently ranked among the top 20 school districts in CT by the US News and World Report and Niche, which consider a range of performance metrics in their rankings; on average, Newtown students perform similar to, if not better than, students in neighboring school districts on standardized math and reading tests; the only data point on the CT Department of Education District Report Card where Newtown "fails" -- that is, falls behind the state average -- is access to art instruction. I'm glad the council member has acknowledged in this letter what taxpayers in high-performing (and high-spending) school districts like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport already know: "School funding does impact student achievement." Please keep that in mind when you vote this week!