June 30, 1995
This spring, on three occasions, students in the elementary schools were subjected to racial slurs by fellow students. School Superintendent ...
With pandemic safety measures still in place for Newtown United Methodist Church, Hearts of Hope-Newtown has gone curbside with its monthly painting parties.
Fo...
The Town’s Director of Planning, along with its Planning & Zoning Commission Chairman and at least one of his commissioners, is anticipating a legal appeal afte...
Occupation: I am the director of Merryhill Child Care Center here in Newtown. I started there as a preschool teacher in 2001 and have been the director sinc...
PLEASE NOTE: In light of ongoing efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, including limits on group gatherings, most houses of worship are closed at this time. T...
The June 7 Newtown Congregational Church worship service closed with a Franciscan Benediction. Reverend Matt Crebbin, the church’s senior pastor, offered the fo...
Edmond Town Hall introduced a new offering last weekend, when a temporary drive-in movie experience debuted behind the historic building.
The Ingersoll Auto Pop...
Business owners, managers, event organizers, et al, are encouraged to contact Associate Editor Shannon Hicks at shannon@thebee.com to be added to this list. Upd...
The Town of Newtown’s Economic & Community Development Department is working on a community branding project. After a public request for proposal process, Haven...
To the Editor:
On June 7, 2020, an action of civil disobedience was organized at the flagpole on Main Street.
We invite readers to view our full statement and v...
A lot of things have changed in Sandy Hook shopping area. The old bridge was no longer needed, the town helped create parking , brick sidewalks and classic street lights were added, and zoning was adjusted to add housing. Spending money on a bridge from nowhere makes no sense, focus on things that will add to the viability of the Sandy Hook Center.
You have Capital Tax Recovery confused with a different company, Municipal Tax Services. Municipal Tax Services works with the City of Waterbury. That was discussed at a previous counsel meeting.
It is a shame but yes, we are so broke... The NIMBY crowd will not allow any new development so there is no ability to add to the tax base... got to hire strangers to park at our schools, and grocery stores and sneak around on our property to ensure our kindergartners Spanish class doesn't get canceled.
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.