Assault At Garner
State police report that Garner Correctional Institution inmate Frank Hernandez, 33, whose last known address was in Meriden, threw an amount ...
A Fund-Raiser For Youth Services
To the Editor,
A fund-raiser to help raise money for Newtown Youth Services is planned for April 15. As many people know, NYS i...
Amaral Property Not Suited
For Ball Fields
To the Editor:
You must be kidding! Parks & Recreation Director Barbara Kasbarian wants us to believe her office h...
There Was More To The Budget Cut
To the Editor:
The Bee published a small article entitled “VNA Faces $50 Late Fee” on page A-8 of i...
Women’s Softball Signup
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The Newtown Women’s Softball League will be having sign-ups on Thursday, March 9, and Wednesday, Ma...
Helen (Gereg) Tucker
Helen (Gereg) Tucker, 90, died March 4 at her home on Candlewood Lake Road in Brookfield. She was the wife of the late Harry S. Tucker, Sr....
Burley      Newman
Burley “Happy” Newman, 78, of 301 South Main Street, Newtown, died March 4 at Danbury Hospital. He was the hus...
The Police Commission has fired Police Chief James E. Lysaght, Jr, dismissing the 50-year-old Sandy Hook resident from the job he has held since July 1996. Mr L...
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.