Lucille Yvonne Watson Hartschuh Clay was born on June 4, 1923, and passed away peacefully on September 30, 2019, at Elizabeth House in Hendersonville, N.C., at ...
Clifford W. Smith passed from this life on September 27, 2019, after a long and valiant battle with illness.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Thea; his t...
Just a short few weeks ago, The Newtown Bee had the pleasure of sitting down with Alvah “Al” Cramer and his beloved wife, Cora “Coke” Cramer, for the article “M...
The public is invited to join Newtown Community Center staff for its Open House on Saturday, October 5, from 11 am to 4 pm. The recently opened center is within...
To the Editor:
My name is John S. Madzula II, and I am running as a candidate for the Board of Finance. I was born and raised in the Town of Newtown. My parents...
RIDGEFIELD — Annie Haslam, the ethereal lead vocalist of the progressive rock act Renaissance, was so thrilled and gleeful to bring her band and accompanying ch...
To the Editor,
I’ll begin with a thank you. Thank you for supporting me over the past four elections representing District 1 on the Legislative Council. I’m now...
To the Editor:
We need a broader range of experience on our Board of Education. After all, the most effective boards are composed of directors who collectively ...
To the Editor:
If you’re one of the few Newtowners who do not yet know longtime resident Neil Chaudhary, you ought to meet him. Neil, or Dr Chaudhary, as his pr...
To The Editor:
I’m writing to elaborate on the core beliefs motivating my run for Legislative Council (D3).
First, I believe a strong public education is a crit...
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.