People Over 60 Should Get
One-Time Shingles Shot
ATLANTA (AP) — People 60 and older should get a one-time shingles shot that can help prevent the p...
Free Blood Pressure Screening
The Ashlar of Newtown Nursing Department will sponsor a free blood pressure screening on Tuesday, June 17, from 10 am to noon, in ...
Sandy Hook Village Farmers’ Market
Opens Its 2008 Season
By Andrew Gorosko
Whether you wanted to savor the flavor of the sea in the form of some su...
Nicholas J.
Kopcik, Sr
Owned NJK Heating And Cooling
Nicholas J. Kopcik, Sr, 63, of Monroe, died June 1 in St Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridge...
It takes a cat’s sharp eyes to find the rare sights in Newtown, and last Wednesday evening while out doing some backseat driving just at dusk, I lai...
Thomas E.
Lambro
WWII US Army Veteran
Thomas E. Lambro, Sr, 90, of Bridgeport, beloved husband of Elizabeth Kressu Lambro, died May 29. Born in Bridgeport...
St Patrick’s Hall Used For Firefighting Training Project
By Andrew Gorosko
Several dozen local volunteer firefighters received valuable training on ...
SCAN Preparing For 38th Annual
Spring Juried Art Show
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will present its 38th Annual Spring Juried Art Show at Cy...
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that “individuality...
NHS Tennis and Track Postseason Update
On the tennis courts
Two of Newtown High School’s boys’ doubles teams advanced all the way t...
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.