To the Editor:
I write to enthusiastically support Mitch Bolinsky’s campaign for state representative in the 106th District. I believe Mitch Bolinsk...
Senior Center Open House Showcases Bright New Addition
By John Voket
Traffic was brisk at Newtown’s Senior Center September 15. Although it was a Sa...
School Board Hears About Reed Schedule, Transportation
By Eliza Hallabeck
From Reed Intermediate School’s new schedule to an update on how transpor...
Nicholas    Skuba
Nicholas Skuba, 91, formerly of Bridgeport, now of Melbourne, Fla., died September 26. He was born in Lansford, Penn., to Suzanne and Ant...
Restrictions On Pregnancy Care
To the Editor:
A bill in Congress (HR 2543), best called “Federal Restrictions on Pregnancy Care Centers,”...
Dr Walter          Nudenberg
Dr Walter Nudenberg, 98, died September 22. He was born in Newark, N.J., January 6, 1914.
He and his late wife, Edith, ...
Orthopaedic Hand Specialist Offers Tips To Musicians On Injury Prevention
CARMEL, N.Y. — Music brings great joy to the world. But not without musici...
Blessing Of Animals
At Trinity
This Saturday, October 6, at Trinity Church, the annual celebration in honor of St Francis of Assisi will be held.
An outdoor wo...
Hawk Spikers Earn Wins
Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team earned its sixth and seventh wins with 3-0 triumphs over Brookfield ...
I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!
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).