Dr Robert P. "Bob" Ragusa, 88, former longtime resident of Stratford, died peacefully in his home on September 3. He was born on October 27, 1928, in Brooklyn, ...
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We encourage all registered Republicans to go to the polls on Tuesday, September 12, and vote for Mary Ann Jacob. Mary Ann's strong, professional...
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As we approach the September 12 Republican Primary, I'd like to thank those who have supported me. Your hugs, handshakes and encouraging words me...
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Thank you, Newtown! When we put out the call for nonperishable donations to be brought to the parade in honor of Lee Paulsen and FAITH Food Pantr...
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The public is invited to join the Newtown Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) on Tuesday, September 12, at the Newtown Ambulance Corps, at 9:30 am, ...
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I encourage Newtown Republicans to vote in the September 12 primary for Debbie Aurelia Halstead, your incumbent town clerk and party-endorsed can...
Jack H. McGarvey, 80, of Rio Rico, Ariz., and formerly of Newtown, died July 15 in his beloved home, due to heart disease. He was born in Clearfield, Penn., as ...
One of the happier stories to come from the Korean War is that of the adopted warhorse Reckless. Starting as a draftee, conscripted by a Marine lieutenant well ...
Stephen V. Del Vento, Sr, 77, of Milford and formerly of Trumbull, died September 4 in his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Bridgeport on December...
Year in and year out, Coach Marc Kenny's girls' soccer team is in the mix among the top South-West Conference teams. Coming off an 11-2-3 record a year ago, Ken...
BOE Referendum, Round Two, UnderwayRegistered Newtown voters are heading to the polls today, for the second attempt by the Board of Education to get a budget for the 2024-25 academic year passed.Registered Newtown voters are heading to the polls today, for the second attempt by the Board of Education to get a budget for the 2024-25 academic year passed.All voting is again taking place at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street. Polls opened at 6 am and will remain open until 8 pm.Following a rejection of the school budget by 507 votes at a referendum on April 23, the Legislative Council at its April 29 meeting slashed $1,408,307 from the Board of Education’s proposed 2024-25 budget.The reduction was unanimously approved by all 12 councilmen, in contrast to a previous, pre-referendum meeting on March 27, where no bottom line for the school budget drew more than a simple majority of seven votes.The new bottom line of $87,409,066 is a $2,339,415 or 2.75% spending increase over the 2023-24 budget, which places it in line with the municipal budget, which was passed by voters.The previous proposed 2024-25 BOE budget rejected by voters was $88,817,373, which would have been a $3,747,722 or 4.4% spending increase.The education budget failed, 1,701 No votes to 1,194 Yes votes.On the secondary question to the education budget — If the proposed sum for the Board of Education is not approved, should the revised budget be higher? — the responses were 727 Yes and 2,071 No.The Registrar of Voters reported 15.1% of Newtown’s registered voters participated in the April 23 referendum, with 2,952 people showing up at the middle school to vote and another 47 turning in absentee ballots.
I was the recipient of such a invasion of my privacy when my daughter was visiting her boyfriend in Waterbury. They tried to get me to pay them taxes instead of Newtown. They were rude, offensive and threatening and I had to call the mayor of Waterbury to finally get it cleared up after being threatened. It was a long drawn out process to get this overturned. Are we that broke that we have to turn our residents over to these mercenaries? This is beyond belief. How dare you hire these rent a cops to harass and threaten us?
Thanks for the quote, many people don’t realize Newtown does not exist in a silo and we have peers to benchmark against. For example Trumbull also spends less per student and outperforms us.
ALL students benefit from consistent policies and quality education. Affordability matters, especially to less affluent families which tend to skew more heavily minority based on census data.