To the Editor:
I write in support of Nancy Dvorin’s concern (“Is The New 302 Surfacing Too Noisy,” August 19) about the effect of the DOT’s new road surface, as...
To the Editor:
This letter represents my opinion and that of fellow Protect Our Pollinators (POP) members, Marcia Chaloux, Joan Cominski, Dottie Evans, Jackie G...
Published: Sep 01, 2022 at 04:29 PM
Fire Marshal Rich Frampton has issued a request to all residents and visitors to use caution with any fires during the current drought.
Frampton on Thursday iss...
To the Editor:
4-H is as important today to Fairfield County youth as it has been for the last 100 years. Programs have changed to meet the changes in our socie...
Excitement abounds as another season of cheerleading gets going within the Newtown Youth Football & Cheer (NYF&C) program. Kristen Keil takes over as Vice Presi...
Newtown Forest Association (NFA) has announced plans to hold a sunset wine tasting at its Holcombe Hill Preserve, 65 Great Hill Road, on Saturday, September 10,...
The Newtown Rotary Club will launch a new fundraiser Labor Day weekend.
Ticket sales for the inaugural Thirty For Twenty Restaurant Raffle will open Saturday, S...
The cancellation news of the 2022 Panacea & Friends concert found its way to us last weekend, but organizers are still hopeful that the second mission of this y...
Hope on Main Street Founder and Chairperson Gayle DiBenedetto is happy to announce that after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event is retur...
DANBURY — The 2nd Annual Danbury War Memorial Car, Truck & Motorcycle Festival is planned for Sunday, September 4, at Rogers Park, 1 Memorial Drive in Danbury.
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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).