First School Day Now
Set For September 6
By Eliza Hallabeck
On Tuesday, August 30, the day school was supposed to start in Newtown, Superintendent of Schools Ja...
Rising Star Games On Hold
The Rising Star Summer League’s basketball games from this week were postponed because of the power outages and road debri...
Escort Division 1
Newtown Police Department
Parade Program Distribution by NHS Cheerleaders
Newtown Police Department Honor Guard Unit
Newtown High School ...
Newtowner Co-Chairing
St Mary’s Champion Event
WATERBURY — Saint Mary’s Hospital Foundation is poised to honor the Most Rev...
A Taste Of Victory In The Garden—
Volunteers Plan
First Harvest Home Picnic
By Kendra Bobowick
Enjoy a taste of Newtown’s Victory Gar...
Weight Management Sessions Offered To Adults, Families
NEW MILFORD — New Milford Hospital will conduct two series of weight management workshops for...
Wayne Braun & Aisha Sethi
An April 2012 wedding is being planned for Aisha Sethi and Wyane Braun.
Wayne, who is the son of Constance and Eric Braun of Sand...
Resident Encounters Burglary In Progress
Police are investigating an incident in which a female who was returning to her Sandy Hook home on the morning of Tuesd...
99th Goshen Fair Labor Day Weekend
GOSHEN — On Saturday, September 3, at 8 am, the 99th Goshen Fair will begin.
Offered by The Goshen Agricultural S...
Makeshift Offices Take Over Wi-Fi Connected Businesses Following Power Outage
By Nancy K. Crevier
Panera Bread in the Sand Hill Plaza was a hive of activity, Tu...
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).