Margaret “Margie” Tyrrell Cassin, 83, cherished wife of Thomas Cassin for 59 years, dedicated mother of Thomas Francis Cassin of Newtown, Conn.; Barbara Ellen Y...
Through 17-plus games, Newtown High School’s field hockey team went unbeaten. Fourth-seeded New Milford needed overtime to get it done but gave the top-seeded N...
UPDATE (November 6, 2019): This story has been updated with the latest registrars' vote counts, corrections to candidates' names, and details about a Counci...
Veterans Day on Monday, November 11, will have an effect on local offices and businesses. Many entities will be closed in observance of the federal holiday.
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To the Editor:
The Addessi’s letter to The Newtown Bee was initially addressed to the Planning and Zoning Commission:
We write you with concerns of the way...
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A big thank you to Sal E Pepe Restaurant. I cannot thank them enough for providing the perfect place to hold my daughter-in-law’s baby shower. Th...
To the Editor:
Congratulations to Rebekah [Harriman-Stites], Deborra [Zukowski], and John [Vouros] on your election to the Board of Education — and thank you fo...
To the Editor:
A heartfelt thank you to the voters of Newtown for their support and confidence. As I embark on a third term on the Board of Finance, I do so wit...
To the Editor:
Thank you to all Newtown residents who voted on Tuesday, all candidates who stepped up to volunteer for our town, and both town committees that s...
To the Editor:
I wanted to take a moment and offer my sincere congratulations to those that were victorious in Newtown’s local election for Legislative Council ...
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).