Here’s something we already suspected: This town is for the birds!
The overall results of the Great Backyard Bird Count are reported in this weekâ&#...
A Blow To The NHS Choral Program
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter in support of Sabrina Post, the NHS high school choral director who has been placed on ...
By Kim J. Harmon
It started as one man’s hope of fielding a vintage base ball team to participate in an exhibition this summer for the Newtown Terce...
Antiques Shows______
March 5-6: Greenwich Spring Antiques Show & Sale, Greenwich Civic Center, Harding Rd, Old Greenwich, Sat 10 am-6 pm, Sun 11 am-5 pm, a...
NYS Dinner Dance Auction
Newtown Youth Services is gearing up for its sixth annual Dinner Dance Auction, its major fundraiser for the year. The extravaganza wil...
Art Exhibit
*Now On View: Lisa Orleman, a resident of New Fairfield who has studied with the renowned Russian painter Krill Doron, will open the next art e...
Monroe Lions Seek Tsunami Donations
The Monroe Lions Club is seeking donations from people throughout the area to help the victims of the recent tsunami.
Accord...
NHS Lists Available Scholarships
The Career Center publicizes all scholarships of which it is notified. A few of the scholarships, typically national ones, requ...
Commentary—
Social Security Reform is ‘Voluntary,’
But Major Media Quiet
By Herman Cain and Dan Gainor
One thing is certain,...
WF Brothers, LLC of Fairfield to Prestigious Homes, LLC of Easton, unimproved land at 24 Oak Ridge Drive for $305,000. Liberty at Newtown, LLC of Danbury to Ren...
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).