When anyone is in the hospital, convalescent home, or even a rehabilitation center, a visit with a dog can do a world of good.
For Dolores Meehan, who has been ...
The Newtown Varsity Winter Guard, under the direction of Varsity Director Alyson Kulbek, competed in the Musical Arts Conference (MAC) event at Masuk High Schoo...
Newtown High School’s football team’s path to the postseason just got a whole lot harder.
The team’s out-of-conference schedule had been doubled to four games f...
Angelo Paul Ramunni of Canaan, author of the recently-published Accordion Stories from the Heart, will present a book signing and mini-concert in the Alexandria...
From Newtown’s humble beginnings in 1705, its population has grown to nearly 28,000 residents, according to the 2017 census.
Many of those who have been born an...
They battle for three periods of hard-hitting — in the case of the most recent matchup, penalty-filled — fast-paced action on the ice. But the hockey programs f...
Led by a pair of event wins by sprinter Carly Swierbut, Newtown High School’s girls’ indoor track and field team placed second in the February 2 South-West Conf...
Before the next Sunday at the Sanctuary event — which will be hosted by the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation at Reed Intermediate School on February 10 — Cat...
NOTE: This report was updated at 6 pm February 3 to clarify the state has identified its second measles case this year.
As confirmed cases of measles incre...
"How to Make Easy Flower Arrangements at Home" will kick off the new season of The Town & Country Garden Club of Newtown on Wednesday, February 13.
Two of the c...
Unfortunately as voter turnout continues to decline the chances of it increasing also decline. The LC and BOF already know that the budget will be approved by virtue of the low turnout so why try to make smart decisions? The so-called referendum is essentially just a rubber stamp. They will continue to increase the budget by 2-5% every year because it's low enough to not cause a pushback under the cover of "inflation" and "maintaining the schools." Sending the budget to vote with 9% turnout is meaningless and a waste of resources on April 23rd.
I have seen Mr. Pisani repeatedly assert in the pages of the Bee that Newtown schools are "testing at a failing 64.9%". I'd be curious if he could elaborate on this statistic, as I have been unable to verify it independently. Which test exactly is our school system failing? How do our schools compare to other towns? How does our score compare to historical measures? It's very hard to draw conclusions from a single data point, so here are a few more data points to think about for context: Newtown is consistently ranked among the top 20 school districts in CT by the US News and World Report and Niche, which consider a range of performance metrics in their rankings; on average, Newtown students perform similar to, if not better than, students in neighboring school districts on standardized math and reading tests; the only data point on the CT Department of Education District Report Card where Newtown "fails" -- that is, falls behind the state average -- is access to art instruction. I'm glad the council member has acknowledged in this letter what taxpayers in high-performing (and high-spending) school districts like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport already know: "School funding does impact student achievement." Please keep that in mind when you vote this week!