Family: My wife Vanessa; sons Justin, Tristan and Ian; and daughter Rowen.
Pets: We have two dogs — Coco, a 5-year-old Australian Toy Shepherd; and Harl...
Fifteen golfers spent the early part of April 29 at Newtown Country Club, where they helped one high school student raise funds for the Newtown Ecumenical Workc...
Barbara Ann Edwards, 89, of Newtown, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on April 29. For 64 years she was the beloved wife of Rudy Edwards.
She was...
John Landolfi, 82, a longtime resident of Newtown, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 3, surrounded by his loving family.
John was born in Salerno, Italy, to...
Mark M. Passero, Sr, 86, of Sandy Hook, passed away Friday, May 3.
He was the husband of Jean (Talarico) Passero.
Mark was born in Stamford in 1937, a son of Gl...
Failure To Obey Stop Sign
Newtown Police report Steven D’Amico, 58, of Danbury, operating a 2023 Nissan Frontier, was traveling on Church Hill Road at 8:11...
Aquila’s Nest Vineyards in Newtown celebrated being recognized by the Small Business Administration as Connecticut’s Small Manufacturer of the Year in a recogni...
The 2024 Newtown Earth Day Festival took place on the front lawn of Newtown Middle School on Saturday, April 27.
The family friendly event again featured enviro...
Dozens of guests attended Newtown Underwater Search & Rescue’s (NUSAR) first annual open house on Saturday, April 27. Held on-site at NUSAR’s station, 28 Rivers...
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.”