With the latest round of property tax bills arriving at Newtown homes in recent days, some local property owners saw fireworks a little earlier than Independenc...
Since January, when the Tucson, Arizona-based Ben’s Bells kindness program first came to Newtown, the ceramic bead and bell creations have brought joy to many w...
To the Editor:
I was negligent in not mentioning Gino Faiella in the interview on the Technical Advisory Committee. [“Task Force Tech Team Reveals Details of Sc...
Since January, when the Tucson, Arizona-based Ben’s Bells kindness program first came to Newtown, the ceramic bead and bell creations have brought joy to many w...
To the Editor:
I was negligent in not mentioning Gino Faiella in the interview on the Technical Advisory Committee. [“Task Force Tech Team Reveals Details of Sc...
Matthew Joseph D'Amato, 73, of Trumbull, loving husband of Linda Lutters D'Amato, died June 30. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., September 8, 1939, he was a son of Alfons...
Matthew Joseph D'Amato, 73, of Trumbull, loving husband of Linda Lutters D'Amato, died June 30. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., September 8, 1939, he was a son of Alfons...
It is Peace, Love & Sandy Hook as members of Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP) prepare a celebration in honor of Sandy Hook Center, at the intersec...
It is Peace, Love & Sandy Hook as members of Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP) prepare a celebration in honor of Sandy Hook Center, at the intersec...
With the latest round of property tax bills arriving at Newtown homes in recent days, some local property owners saw fireworks a little earlier than Independenc...
I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!
Who have you asked that didn't know where to cut? Its easy. Ideally, you would start with section 100 of the budget but the union prevents that. So I say you turn to page 18, put it on your dart board, and start reducing the head count. It's all you can do when the union controls the budget.
The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).