By Kim J. Harmon
Peace of mind – that is exactly what Fairfield Equine Associates has given to many, many horse owners in Newtown and surrounding to...
Outreach Program Brings New Voice
To Middle School Orchestra
By Tanjua Damon
The sound of the Newtown Middle School eighth grade orchestra improved significant...
PARENT PROGRAMS
ON-GOING
Monday, May 21 – “Fathers’ Night” – 7:30 pm.
Mondays, May 14 and June 4 â&#...
Union Savings Bank Donate
 To Children’s Adventure Center
The Union Savings Bank Foundation has awarded a $3,677 grant to the Children’...
A Network Of Caring For Breast Cancer Survivors
By Kaaren Valenta
By nature, Chris Dzujna is a very private person. But after she was diagnosed with breast canc...
Upsets are what make the sports world go round, and one of the biggest upsets in the history of the men’s basketball league at the Newtown Health & ...
Outreach Program Brings New Voice
To Middle School Orchestra
By Tanjua Damon
The sound of the Newtown Middle School eighth grade orchestra improved significant...
Crafters And Vendors Needed
The Spay and Neuter Association of Newtown is seeking vendors and crafters to participate in its Spring Fair, a flea market and tag...
The annual Jack Friel Memorial Scramble, sponsored by the Newtown Scholarship Association, will be held on Monday, June 18, at Whitney Farms Golf Club in Monroe...
By Kim J. Harmon
Oh boy, did the Nighthawks ever need a respite on Monday night – and not just because they had spent the previous 24 days traveling...
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.