Fairfield Hills ‘Friends’ Outline Their Views For The Selectmen
By Jan Howard
The Friends of Fairfield Hills, a grass roots group organi...
Newtown
 Support Groups
Friday, July 2Â Â Â Â Â Â
AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.
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Horse Country—
Neighbors Raise Concerns About 18-Lot Subdivision Proposed For Foxview Farm
By Andrew Gorosko
Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) me...
Parade Of Ponds, Booklets On Sale; Proceeds To Benefit Local Charities
DANBURY — Booklets are on sale at various local charities and garden centers ...
P&Z’s Resubdivision Rejection
Challenged In Court
By Andrew Gorosko
A local couple has filed a court appeal challenging the Planning and Zoning Com...
After the Newtown Babe Ruth Baseball 9-year-old All Star team lost in the opening round of the Leonard Invitational Tournament in Bethel, manager Tim Braun was ...
Melinda C. Hughan to Eric G. Sauve
Melinda C. Hughan and Eric G. Sauve, both of Southbury, announce their engagement to be married.
The future bride is the...
During the campaign, these organizations said they would educate consumers on how to identify phishing scams; how to avoid becoming a victim; and how to report ...
BRIDGEPORT — St Vincent’s Better Breathers Club will meet on Wednesday, July 7, from 1:30 to 3 pm in the Hawley III Conference Room.
The...
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).