Annual Sugar Plum Fair, December 1
HUNTINGTON — St Lawrence School on Route 108 in Huntington Center will hold its annual Sugar Plum Fair on Saturda...
Photographers’ Club Will Focus On Farms & Barns
The Flagpole Photographers Club will have their next meeting on Thursday, November 15, at Cyrenius H...
Bequest Will Beautify The Booth Library’s Landscaping
By Jan Howard
The Cyrenius H. Booth Library has received a bequest from the estate of the late...
Holiday Bazaar At St Patrick
ROXBURY — The Women’s Guild of St Patrick Church, on Route 317, will sponsor a holiday bazaar on Saturday, ...
Shaun Cavanaugh of Newtown has helped the Wheaton College men’s soccer team earn the second seed in the NCAA Division III tournament. Wheaton ca...
William Pitt Real Estate Welcomes Jane Ferro
Nancy Carlin, sales manager of William Pitt Real Estate, has announced the affiliation of Jane Ferro to their team ...
Emma Fadis
Emma Fadis, 90, the widow of John Fadis, Sr, died November 2 at Bridgeport Hospital.
She was the aunt of Rosemarie Abric of Newtown.
Born in Dovolava...
26th Annual Holiday Exhibition & Sale
Opens At Brookfield Craft Center
BROOKFIELD — Each year more than 15,000 area shoppers flock to what has becom...
Spanish Exchange Student Makes His Long-Awaited Trip To The US
By Tanjua Damon
The sophomore class at Newtown High School has an exchange student for the school...
Protecting Young Athletes From Sports Injuries
By Jan Howard
Sports injuries to children and adolescents were among health issues addressed at the 16th annual P...
Budget should be cut by 20%, spending $2.65 million dollars per every week forever is absolutely unsustainable ! Do everything possible to Vote No on another nonsensical attempt to increase the cost of living ! Taxpayers are honestly just renting their houses from the town, it costs me $40 every night to sleep in my own bed ! Soon it will be cheaper living in a hotel than owning a property in Newtown !
I went and complaint to Rosenthall's father that the budget was too high at $80M several years ago, now we are at almost $140M . $2.65 million per week that is ! Fairfield hills should have long been developed by investors money and bring revenue to the town. WE ARE DRIVING OURSELVES OUT OF NEWTOWN by doing this and constantly raising the cost of living. It makes zero sense, any extra budget money gets burned on stupid stuff just so they can ask for more next year. Put an END TO THIS STUPIDITY and CUT THE BUDGET 20%. Everyone will be just fine ! Kids won't get any smarter anyway. That's an honest reality !
Any common sensical person can do this job at under 100k salary. Way overhyped and overpaid at over $200k annual salary. We as voters have to put an end to this. Not to mention an assistant comes along with this job paid at 190k! What is wrong with you voters?
The entire budget needs to be cut not raised. The proposed budget now would sit that we spend $2.65 million dollars every week. For population of less than 30k people it is absolutely absurd ! You cannot keep driving older folks out of town just to create a revolving door of parents who come here, educate their kids and run away ! There is no need to be paying 190K annual salary to an ASSISTANT to superintendent, not in the best interest of tax payers ! The voting turnout at 9% is ridiculous ! Lobby lawmakers to change the voting by mail, so everyone gets a ballot in the mail and at least 51% of residents vote to approve, otherwise the budget should not be approved if you don't have the majority ! Most folks don't even know when the vote is ! They have taxes bundled with mortgage and don't even know ! We are raising cost of living for everyone and it is absolutely not necessary.