Just a reminder that Newtown Troop 270 Boy Scouts will continue picking up Christmas trees January 12, 13, 19, and 20. There is a suggested donation of $10 per ...
Education: My senior year of high school was difficult because that was the year I became disabled. I went to UConn, in Storrs, and started out majoring in ...
This story has been updated to reflect information received after the January 11 print edition went to press regarding the next P&Z meeting about this propo...
After hearing test data reports in October, the Board of Education heard a presentation on data trends at its meeting on January 8.
Following up on the reports ...
January 14, 1994
Not only was last week’s snowfall a thrill for school children who went sledding instead of to school, it was a bonanza for snowplowers. Busine...
UPDATE: With information received on February 11 from Main Street Adventures, this article has been updated to show Kayla Buckley is the sole owner.
Bu...
Even though the morning brought some persistent flurries of snow outside, members of the Newtown Senior Center and Children’s Adventure Center were in bright sp...
Shoplifting
Police report an incident about 3:15 pm on January 8 involving alleged shoplifting at Stop & Shop supermarket at Sand Hill Plaza at 228 South M...
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center (NECC) at Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following fire calls and the responders:
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Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team combined strong defense and an ability to knock down long-range shots to earn a 49-30 triumph over visiting Bethel ...
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.