The Men's Fellowship at St Rose of Lima Church invites all local men to its next special event, an evening of inspiration and hope. Bill Lavin will deliver a ta...
Pete Barnes of Newtown died unexpectedly September 27, in his favorite chair at his home that he had built with his wife, Carol.
Mr Barnes was loved by all thos...
To the Editor:dkokenos@hotmail.com or visit my Facebook page at facebook.com/kokenosforcouncil.
I am Dennis Kokenos and am running for Legislative Council in Di...
During the Celebration of Excellence portion of its meeting on September 19, the Board of Education honored three individuals.
"We have several individuals this...
The long-closed municipal landfill will soon be the site of the town's largest solar/electric array, in effect, an electric power plant that is expected to prod...
To the Editor:The Newtown Bee Letter Hive, dated September 22, 2017 ("Overreaching On Edmond Town Hall Concerns"):Editor's note: Mr Hopper is a former Edmond To...
To the Editor:
Once again, the youth of Newtown are gearing up for the Great Pumpkin Challenge to be held on Main Street, October 28 through October 31.
This ye...
For the second year, the youth of Trinity Church will take on the role of hosting the Great Pumpkin Challenge fundraiser and pumpkin display on the church's gro...
Succulents, potting mix, glass bowls, and an assortment of other items were arranged between a cart and a table as participants arrived at the "Play in the Dirt...
Interim Superintendent of Schools Lorrie Rodrigue shared an update on transportation with district parents and staff the morning of Monday, October 2.at its mee...
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).