Betty Mae Polizzo
Beloved Mother
And Grandmother
Betty Mae Polizzo, 83, of Trumbull died September 27 at Bridgeport Hospital. Mrs Polizzo was born in...
Grieving, Stroke Awareness Activities
Slated At Jewish Federation
SOUTHBURY — A free series for adults who have had a loved one die is being offere...
Patricia Frances McInerney
A Kind And Caring Life
Patricia Frances McInerney of Portsmouth, N.H., and Fairfield died August 27. She was the widow of Dr Tho...
Many Contributions
To the Editor:
Dr Roger Moore’s name was inadvertently left out of the publicity for the recent successful Health Fair. We wish...
Newtown Nighthawks Band And Guard Make Third Place In Competition
Newtown Nighthawks Band And Guard made third place on Saturday, September 26, in a competition...
*His new album, Buffet Hotel, doesn’t come out until December and the November date he has in Connecticut is continuing his Summerzcool Tour but I d...
Ethel Helen Daruka Szabo
Beloved By Family
And Friends
Ethel Helen Daruka Szabo, 84, of Easton, beloved wife of the late Frank “Fritzâ&#x...
Youth Cross Country Team Competes in Trumbull
Newtown’s youth cross country team competed in the Trumbull Invitational this past weekend. Anna North...
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).
Newtown schools have degraded over the 3+ decades I've lived here as the concentrated social experiment curricula driven by the state and small but loud groups. Yet we continue to dig into our pockets while we witness the downward spiral.