Marion E. Mead, 75, of Bowersville, passed away peacefully Saturday, September 2, 2023, at her home surrounded by her loving family.
Born on May 13th, 1948, in ...
Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball season begins with challenging nonconference clashes and the defending conference runners-up Nighthawks will look to sha...
Plans are underway for the Second Annual Newtown Underwater Search And Rescue (NUSAR) Dive-A-Thon.
The local volunteer search and rescue dive team will be retur...
Labor Day was an opportunity for the entire community to sit back and enjoy serving as the proud hosts to thousands of spectators, as well as hundreds of visiti...
To the Editor:
Thank you to the Newtown Democratic Caucus for selecting me as a candidate for the Newtown Legislative Council — District 3.
By way of introducti...
To the Editor:
Dear Newtown Community,
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Philip J. Cruz and I have been endorsed by the Democratic Town Committee to ...
To the Editor:
I am proud to endorse Bruce Walczak for the Board of Education. Bruce has lived in Newtown for 37 years and his children attended Sandy Hook Elem...
To the Editor
I’m Don Mitchell and I’m running for a seat on Newtown’s Zoning Board of Appeals this November.
As the attorney for the Borough of Newtown and its...
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My name is David Rosen, and I am running for election this fall for Newtown’s Planning and Zoning Commission. I have lived in Newtown for nearly ...
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After the world’s hottest week this past July, UN Secy Gen Antonio Guterres declared: “Climate change is out of control. If we persist in delayin...
They clearly didn't get the message ! CUT THE BUDGET by 20% , not raise it ! Newtown spends $2,500,000.00 every week now ! It will be $2.6m if you approve it ! Who are these people not paying attention to the cost of living? Throwing money at the school administration will not make your kids any smarter ! We are at $22K per kid per year, that is insane ! CUT THE BUDGET ! Go show up and VOTE, because 1200 people who voted yes will show up again, and it's the 1200 people who decide your cost of living for years to come. 51% voters turnout should be mandated to approve the budget, not pathetic 15% of voters. Stop these nonsensical referendums and send everyone a card in the mail so we have a true outcome what people actually want.
All due respect, the headline to this article is misleading. The budget presented was a proposed budget that did not pass public referendum. There are no cuts to anything, rather a reduction in the Board of Education original asking dollars. As matter of fact, the current recommendation from the LC is an increase of 2.3M more than the previous budget from 2023/24.
Some background on the Bus comment Mr Knapp made on not following policy. From ther Bee may 2023.
Following a Request for Proposal (RFP), the school board learned at its March 15 meeting that only one bid came back for the school district’s transportation contract. The current contract with All-Star Transportation, which oversees the majority of bus routes for the district, is set to end at the end of this school year.
At the May 3 meeting, district Director of Business & Finance Tanja Vadas said — reacting to Public Participation speaker Ryan Knapp who, among other things concerning the transportation contract, questioned the school district’s RFP process — she stands by the district’s RFP process “but other companies just didn’t bid.”