Children
’s Programs
*Valentine’s Day Craft: Children ages 6 and older may sign up for a Valentine Craft workshop conducted by M...
Smoking Ban Still An Issue For Area Businesses
By Nancy K. Crevier
On October 1, 2003, Connecticut Public Act 03-04 went into effect, prohibiting smoking in wor...
Deborah Ellen Kita
Deborah Ellen Kita, 52, died at her home in Blackstone, Mass., on February 2. She was the sister of Howard Dannenberg of Sandy Hook.
 She wa...
Thank You, Coach!
To the Editor:
I just wanted to extend a thank you to Rob Frangione at Coach’s Deli. It’s nice to know there are still...
One School, One Read Brings Community Together
By Larissa Lytwyn
In our ever more hectic society, each member of a typical family tends to have multiple obligat...
Miller Gallery Is Showcasing A Winter
Diversion With Its New Exhibition
 WOODBURY — P.H. Miller Studio & Gallery, at 495 Main Street South (Route 6...
A New Healing Arts Community
In Brookfield
BROOKFIELD — A group of complementary and alternative wellness practitioners have gathered to form a new ...
Fresh Air Fund Seeks Volunteers
The Fresh Air Fund’s Newtown area volunteer leaders are currently seeking committee members and host families to ens...
John F.         Voket, Sr
John F. Voket, Sr, 81, died Thursday, January 27, at the Masonic Healthcare Center in Wallingford, holding the hand of his d...
The dispatchers at Town Hall South report the following fire calls:
Thursday, January 27: 4:07 pm, motor vehicle accident with injuries, Sugar Street, Hook...
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).