Harold, known to many as Bud, passed away on Monday, April 19, at his home in Sandy Hook. He was born on July 8, 1937, in Stamford, to Harold and Mae Frances (M...
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A number of stories posted to newtownbee.com this past weekend.
In case you missed them, here is a list of some of those stories, not in particular order.
“Once...
The Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard and the Newtown Parks & Recreation department have partnered in support of the town’s Victory Garden.
The partnership ...
FAITH Food Pantry received a donation last week that was dropped off by one resident, who represented the goodwill of many residents.
Betty Presnell visited the...
The Genealogy Club of Newtown will hold a virtual meeting on Wednesday, May 12, at 7 pm. Lisa Alzo, this month’s guest speaker, will present “Ten Ways to Jump S...
As the landscape in Newtown and surrounding towns continues to change, wild animals are being impacted and trying to adapt to their new environment as best they...
One of Newtown’s oldest schoolhouses is looking decidedly refreshed these days.
The one-room Middle Gate Schoolhouse on Cold Spring Road was given a new coat of...
Jon David Masella, age 67, of Newtown, passed away suddenly on Friday, April 30. Jon was born in Bridgeport, Conn. He grew up in Stratford and graduated from St...
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai is recalling more than 390,000 vehicles in the US and Canada for two problems that can cause engine fires. In one recall, owners are bein...
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).