Commentary—
Put The Labor Back In Labor Day
By David Anderson
Labor Day weekend marks the passing of summer into fall. Held on the first Monday in S...
Morgan Joan Costallos
Diane and Stephen Costallos of Newtown announce the birth of a daughter, Morgan Joan Costallos, born June 5, at Danbury Hospital.
Mo...
Welcome to the next installment of my favorite Newtown dog walks. Some I discovered while on horseback, others were recommended by friends and all have been...
Holiday Closings
All town offices will be closed on Monday, September 4, in observation of the Labor Day holiday.
Newtown Senior Center and the transfer station...
With School In Session,
Police Urge Travel Safety
Police Captain Joe Rios urges motorists to be mindful that school has resumed for the 2006-07 school year, me...
The Newtown Road Race will be held Saturday, September 2, and will feature a 5K and Kid’s Run. The 5K will start at 9 am and the Kid’s R...
‘Compleat Female Stage Beauty’ To Open Soon
NEW MILFORD — On Friday, September 22, TheatreWorks New Milford will open the cl...
Students Pulled Toward New Magnet School
Wednesday morning, August 30, most of the students arriving at Reed Intermediate School got off their buses and headed ...
Freestyle: Breaking Rules With A Hip-Hop Beat
By John Voket
Looking slightly out of place standing among about 20 leotard-clad dancers in his pork pie hat, Aust...
Gerald Ellsworth Hostetler
Midwest Farmer For Many Years
Gerald Ellsworth Hostetler, 92, of Rolling Prairie, Ind., died August 28 at Miller’s M...
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.