Courting Nonvoters—
Newtown Survey
To Close October 19
By John Voket
Paul Lundquist wants Newtown residents to know there are only two weeks left t...
A Fun Family Event
To the Editor:
 This past weekend, Newtown distinguished itself when the Newtown Nighthawks Marching Band & Guard turned in a stellar perfo...
Scholarship Honors Beloved Professor
DANBURY — When Western Connecticut State University Associate Professor of Communication Khalda Logan-Eaton suc...
Elected By A Minority
To the Editor:
Herb Rosenthal has been serving as first selectmen for the Town of Newtown for almost ten years. During that time, the aver...
Band Takes First Place At Trumbull Classic, Readies For Grasso Festival
With hundreds of spectators in the audience, The Newtown High School Marching Band & Col...
Lake Drawdowns Announced
Weather and operational conditions permitting, the dates for this season’s drawdowns on Lake Lillinonah and Lake Zoar have ...
Catherine Leiner
Lifelong Bolton Resident
Catherine (Kurys) Leiner, 81, of Bolton died September 29 at her home. Mrs Leiner was born February 10, 1926, at ...
Share Newtown’s history with Newtown old-timers and newcomers alike by passing on photos of interest to The Newtown Bee. The Bee welcomes submission...
Play Reading At Theater Barn
RIDGEFIELD — Ridgefield Theater Barn will host its next play reading on Tuesday, October 16, at 7:30 pm. Expecting Houd...
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.