‘City Of Angels’ On The Stage
At WestConn Forp Three Weekends
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Berkshire Road
About 1:22 pm on October 27, a two-vehicle collision occurred on Berkshire Road (Route 34), near the Misty Vale Deli & General Store.
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Congratulations to all of the local politicians who ran a good race this fall, and special congratulations to Pat Llodra, our new first selectman-elect. It seem...
EWN Two-Part Talk On
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Questions About The Animal Control Officer
To the Editor:
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NHS Cross Country Teams Compete In State Championships
The Newtown High School girls’ and boys’ cross country teams raced in the Class L...
Cheer Squad Second In State
Newtown’s D11 cheerleading team earned second place at the American Youth Cheerleading Championships at New Haven Fie...
They clearly didn't get the message ! CUT THE BUDGET by 20% , not raise it ! Newtown spends $2,500,000.00 every week now ! It will be $2.6m if you approve it ! Who are these people not paying attention to the cost of living? Throwing money at the school administration will not make your kids any smarter ! We are at $22K per kid per year, that is insane ! CUT THE BUDGET ! Go show up and VOTE, because 1200 people who voted yes will show up again, and it's the 1200 people who decide your cost of living for years to come. 51% voters turnout should be mandated to approve the budget, not pathetic 15% of voters. Stop these nonsensical referendums and send everyone a card in the mail so we have a true outcome what people actually want.
All due respect, the headline to this article is misleading. The budget presented was a proposed budget that did not pass public referendum. There are no cuts to anything, rather a reduction in the Board of Education original asking dollars. As matter of fact, the current recommendation from the LC is an increase of 2.3M more than the previous budget from 2023/24.
Some background on the Bus comment Mr Knapp made on not following policy. From ther Bee may 2023.
Following a Request for Proposal (RFP), the school board learned at its March 15 meeting that only one bid came back for the school district’s transportation contract. The current contract with All-Star Transportation, which oversees the majority of bus routes for the district, is set to end at the end of this school year.
At the May 3 meeting, district Director of Business & Finance Tanja Vadas said — reacting to Public Participation speaker Ryan Knapp who, among other things concerning the transportation contract, questioned the school district’s RFP process — she stands by the district’s RFP process “but other companies just didn’t bid.”