Newtown High School's wrestling team had a third-place finish in the Ridgefield Challenge on January 30. The Nighthawks had four weight class championships, a r...
Having already acknowledged that there are few areas in the proposed 2016-17 municipal budget with much room for reductions, let alone additions, the Board of S...
Ernest C. Stewart, 91, of Shelton, beloved husband of the late Elaine Anderson Stewart, died January 30, at the VA Hospital in West Haven, after a brief illness...
RIDGEFIELD - If you couldn't guess it from his hit country songs and videos, Phil Vassar really, really loves summertime. But during a recent interview with The...
The Newtown Youth Wrestling Association's elementary team dominated for its second consecutive Western Connecticut Championships, and third win in the past four...
"I want you to hear something," resident Ann Astarita told Fairfield Hills Authority (FHA) members Monday night, January 25. The lower meeting room at Edmond To...
Local demographics are changing, and unless the town adapts to change, it cannot thrive, First Selectman Pat Llodra told about 25 people who gathered at a semin...
Rocco J. Tavella, 91, formerly of Danbury, died peacefully January 30 at the home of his son Joseph and daughter-in-law MaryAnn of Monroe, surrounded by his fam...
C.H. Booth Library and Newtown Historical Society are pleased to announce that the number of visitors to "Adams In Newtown: An Exhibit of Presidential Memorabil...
Seven women gathered about a television in Cheryl Edelen's Newtown home, Sunday evening, January 24, their attention riveted to a video playing there. On the sc...
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.