Police Press
July 4th Weekend DUI Enforcement
Sergeant Douglas Wisentaner said town police will have extra patrol officers on duty during the Fourth of July ho...
U12 Teams Claim District Titles
Both of Newtown’s U12 baseball teams (The Newtown Blue 70-foot division team and Newtown Gold 60-foot team) won dist...
Would You Know
What To Do?
To the Editor:
All it takes is a split second: A child has an accident, an adult suffers a heart attack, someone you’re ...
Getting To Know The Candidate
To the Editor:
I remember when more politicians went door-to-door to campaign for votes. It seems to happen with decreased regular...
Rexview Circle, Trumbull
Anthony Gargano and Amanda Bozio purchased a home at 17 Rexview Circle, Trumbull, from Peter Fearon.
Bob Ward and Richelle Ward of...
Finding A Parking Space At Fairfield Hills
By Kendra Bobowick
The lay of the land is changing.
Flagpoles are down, and the flags secured to make room for the â&...
The radio dispatchers working at the emergency communications center at Town Hall South report the following fire calls:
Thursday, June 26: 10:10 am, medica...
Newtown Country Mill:
Ten Years Of Bringing Primitives And Antiques To Newtown
By Nancy K. Crevier
Being distressed is not such a bad thing — if y...
Lions Honor Outstanding Members
Newtown Lions Club recently honored several members for distinguished service to Lion Club and its ideals, including the numerou...
You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of...
The issue being discussed is an unfair redistribution based on a pandemic buying frenzy blip for owners of small houses as they were most sought after. Folks with large houses will see dramatic reductions in comparison.
PS - Been here 35 years and voted NO every time primarily because the town side of the budget always gets squeezed while the BoE side always expands. We need to follow up NO votes with pushes to consolidate school buildings thereby eliminating some teachers and administrators whose salaries and benefits make up the bulk of the school budget. Not to mention transportation costs.
Thank you Mr. Walker. Smaller homes (<2000 sq ft) like mine got caught in the Pandemic Frenzy where houses sold in 1-2 days at of above asking. These 'comps' are used as a basis for reevaluating our properties up. Now that the frenzy has cooled our house values are heading back down. But we will pay based on this market 'blip' for the next 5 years.
Yes, that's exactly right. The assessment matters in the way it distributes the tax burden. But, the heart of the matter is the budget - the budget has more to do with how much tax we pay!!!!! We should make sure the budget reflects expenditures that we, as taxpayers, support.
I am so sad to hear that an old neighbor of mine has passed away. I have such fond memories of the entire Brown family and to think one is now missing breaks my heart. My deepest sympathy to the whole family. I miss you all much.
Matt Long
