James J. Hornyak, 64, of Newtown, born on November 17, 1954, in Stamford, lost his courageous battle with cancer on Tuesday, January 1, at Gaylord Specialty Hea...
It may have been pouring rain outside on the morning of December 21, but its pitter-patter on the rooftop was washed away during Head O’ Meadow Elementary Schoo...
Schools may have been out of session for winter break, but EverWonder Children’s Museum hosted a morning full of learning and fun during its Snowy Science Progr...
UPDATE (Wednesday, January 16, 2019): This story has been updated to reflect changes to the hikes planned for January 19, January 26, and February 9.
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To the Editor:
On Friday, December 28, I contacted the Newtown Public Works Department using the town’s website to report a blocked drainage pipe on Boggs Hill ...
Newtown Middle School eighth grade students rotated between classrooms to learn about potential fields of study during the school’s annual Career Day on Decembe...
Newtown High School's boys' basketball team defeated visiting Daniel Hand of Madison 75-55 on January 2, in what was senior captain Shea Talbot’s last high scho...
In addition to racking up goals on the ice, hoping they add up to wins and playoff success, Newtown High School's hockey team is looking to earn points through ...
To the Editor:
Happy New Year! I wanted to write to thank all of you who have stopped into the Dere Street Bakery over the month of December. The response, over...
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Co...
I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!
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).