Services for Newtown seniors are sponsored by the Commission on Aging and are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. For mor...
Letters Of Endorsement
To the Editor:
Let me begin by urging all Newtown voters to continue our long tradition of high voter participation in Presidential elec...
Elm Drive Crash
Police report a two-car accident at the intersection of Elm Drive and Country Club Road about 6 pm October 27.
Police said motorist Brian J...
Letters Of Endorsement
To the Editor:
Let me begin by urging all Newtown voters to continue our long tradition of high voter participation in Presidential elec...
To the Editor:
The Jim Maloney accomplishments for the working families of the 5th District have just begun. His dedicated mission to the people of the 27 citi...
Country Treasures
At Masuk
MONROE — Monroe Women’s Club will present its annual Country Treasures professional craft show on Saturday, N...
Thank You Main Street Homes
To the Editor:
I would like to thank all those homes on Main Street that opened their doors to the Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween.
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Memorial Game Was Not
The Place For Politicking
To the Editor:
On Friday night, October 27, Newtown high School held its annual homecoming football game in lovi...
Nov 4-5: 19th Annual Glass From The Depression Era ###10:54 A11/P11 others) Show 10:54 A11/P11 Sale, Southington High School, 720 Pleasant St, Southington, Sat ...
An Example OfÂ
True School Community
(The following open letter to William Manfredonia, principal of Newtown High School, has been received for publicatio...
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).
Multi-Referendum Year?