To the Editor:
Just a short note to Peter McLoughlin thanking him for his letter ("Progressive Tactics," 3/3/17) - the truth shall set us free.
You are a true p...
A resident, who owns property abutting the 29-acre Mt Pleasant Road site where a developer recently gained Borough Zoning Commission (BZC) approval to construct...
To the Editor:The Bee has noted, there was surely some pushing and shoving from both sides during the incident. Newtown players were outnumbered at least two to...
Dan Holmes is thinking about spring.
He and other volunteers are again planning Newtown's annual Earth Day Festival - 2017 is the celebration's tenth year. Inte...
To the Editor:Bee front-page article [February 17] about the new Muslim community center/house of worship on Mt Pleasant Road by the hypocrisy of its Muslim lea...
John Francis McNulty, 87, of Newtown died peacefully at home on March 5, surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of Geraldine (Griffin) McNu...
Betty Joan (Smith) Holey, 90, died February 9, in Black Mountain, N.C. Born in Toledo, Ohio, on October 17, 1926, she was the second oldest of five girls born t...
Cynthia McCann Mooney, 59, of Woodbury, beloved mother and exceptional equestrian, unexpectedly died February 27, in the comfort of her home. She was born on Ja...
David Lawrence Johnson of Newtown died peacefully in his sleep during the morning of March 5, after a pleasant evening with his family. He was the son of Isabel...
The center corridor of Newtown Municipal Center was teeming with people and activity for a few hours on February 22, when the Society of Creative Arts of Newtow...
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.