Hawkwatching
At Bird Club
SOUTHBURY — Raptor expert Paul Roberts will present a slide-illustrated lecture, “A Tune-up for Fall Hawkwatc...
Friday, September 8
Housatonic Valley Economic Development Partnership, noon, Old Brookfield Town Hall, Routes 25 and 133, Brookfield Center.
By The S...
Program On Children And Sports Injuries
WATERBURY — More than 30 million children participate in organized sports in the United states. However, eac...
Two Safety Issues With Children
by Jeff Cersonsky, MD, FAAP
“I’m thinking of buying a trampoline — any suggestions?â&#x...
Margaret Miller At Next
Quilt Guild Meeting
RIDGEFIELD — The Nutmeg Quilters Guild will hold its next regular meeting on Wednesday, September 20, at...
Everyone Was Properly Immunized –
Newtown Students Roll Up Their Sleeves
So The School Year Can Start Smoothly
By Tanjua Damon
There were no rejecti...
Sacred Heart University Offers
Adult College Courses In Danbury
If you are an adult who is thinking of going back to college to jumpstart your career or boost y...
Renewal Retreat In Seymour
SEYMOUR — Great Hill Methodist Church is offering a spirit-filled Renewal Retreat on Saturday, September 30, from 9 am to...
Hospital Offers Weight Training
WATERBURY — Weight-bearing exercise is an essential part of staying fit and healthy. Experts recommend two to three ...
Youth Group Back-To-School Kick-Off
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St Rose Youth Group will present a back-to-school kick-off event for all Newtown sixth through eighth grade students on F...
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.