Libby, a Golden Retriever who died in June, was memorialized last month on what would have been her 13th birthday.
Her human, Ann Marie Cioffi of Sandy Hook, wa...
UPDATE: This report was updated at 3:20 pm August 3 with response information from Eversource.
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Newtown's Emergency Management team is planning t...
DANBURY — The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut (CAAWC) is now accepting energy assistance applications for the 2020-21 heating season. Newtown’s H...
Work done on the Dickinson Park tennis courts last week had a ripple effect on the courts at Treadwell Park.
With Dickinson’s five courts closed for resurfacing...
Published: Aug 04, 2020 at 08:59 AM
UPDATE: This report was updated at 9:45 am on August 4 with advisories from the Governor.
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Ahead of Tropical Storm Isaias, a new tornado watch ...
Michael Lestik III passed away on July 29, after a brave battle with cancer.
Michael was a beloved husband to his wife of 28 years, Therese, and a dedicated and...
UPDATE (12:58 pm): This story has been updated to include information issued by the Newtown Emergency Management Team.
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Newtown residents woke up...
Published: Aug 05, 2020 at 03:49 PM
Hurricane Isaias blew through Connecticut on August 4, uprooting trees and causing destruction across the state. In the wake of the storm, Better Business Bure...
Published: Aug 05, 2020 at 04:55 PM
Newtown Parks & Recreation on Wednesday afternoon announced several program updates, including cancellations, for Thursday, August 6. The announcements come as ...
Published: Aug 05, 2020 at 05:58 PM
Following its latest meeting in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias, Newtown Emergency Management Team (EMT) announced new information Wednesday afternoon to help...
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).