A Winter Wonderland
Of Gifts Is Returning
The Winter Wonderland of Gifts Craft Fair will be presented on Sunday, November 20, at Edmond Town Hall.
The fair will...
Art At The Nature Center:
Architect Antonio Gaudi
WOODBURY — Flanders Nature Center’s “Art at The Nature Center Fall Seriesâ...
NHS To Host Veterans’ Day Assembly
The Guidance Department at Newtown High School is hosting a Veterans’ Day Assembly on Thursday, Novem...
Where Is The Courage And Character?
To the Editor:
The figure for United States military deaths in Iraq reached 2,001, today. What a soul-wrenching tragedy, th...
Crane Topples In Factory Construction Accident
By Andrew Gorosko
The state crane inspector is investigating a construction accident that occurred midday Monday ...
In the aftermath of World War II, France attempted to replenish its weakened work force by recruiting men from North Africa. In the mid-1970s the French governm...
By Andrew Gorosko
WATERBURY — A Waterbury Superior Court Judge has relaxed the conditions of house arrest confinement now being served by a Middlebu...
Newtown Support Groups
Friday, November 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion...
Thula Sizwe To Perform At WUMC
WOODBURY — Thula Sizwe, an a cappella group from the Zulu tribes of South Africa, will sing at Woodbury United Metho...
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.