Look At
The Big Picture
To the Editor:
We are at an intense time in the history of our nation. At the national level, the Supreme Court just upheld the Patient...
Don’t Know What To Say
To the Editor:
It’s all been said, and by now we should have reached a zero increase budget, passed it, and been ...
Bamboo: Pest Or Effective Screen?
NEW HAVEN (AP) — Researchers are taking a new look at bamboo to figure out if it’s a pest that should ...
‘Smart Bomb’ Drug Attacks Breast Cancer
CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors have successfully dropped the first “smart bombâ&...
Putting Lipstick
On A Pig
 To the Editor:
I will be voting No again next Thursday. The education budget request as currently presented reflects the full-day k...
NYFS 2012 Award Recipients
Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS) held its annual awards and recognition ceremony at C.H. Booth Library on June 25. During the c...
Renegades Battle In Jimmy Fund Tourney
Newtown’s 9 year old baseball team, the Renegades, recently participated in the 19th Annual Al Leonard Jimmy ...
Three Businesses Lose BBB Accreditation
WALLINGFORD — The Connecticut Better Business Bureau Board of Directors voted June 21 to revoke the accredit...
Animal Control Center Grand Opening July 8
By Kendra Bobowick
The public is invited to the grand opening of the Brian J. Silverlieb Animal Care and Control Cent...
26 years ago the Newtown education system was excellent, today it is not.
No amount of money will fix that until those responsible for the destruction leave the school system.
Is it not true, that school budgets, by LAW, cannot be reduced year to year, no matter the reason? If it was 1M at 1000 students, next year at 500 students, the budget MUST be 1M?