To the Editor:
I recently stumbled upon an article on the pending fate of the Fairfield Hills buildings.
What really caught my attention was Kent House.
It took...
To the Editor:
With Earth Day approaching, we often consider what we can do to save the planet. A few things might come to mind such as recycling, composting, o...
To the Editor,
We would like to thank everyone who exercised their right to vote in Tuesday’s budget referendum. We are encouraged to see the increased turnout ...
To the Editor:
In response to last week’s letter from Dennis Laczkoskie (“Former Resident Offers Short List Of Trump Accomplishments”), here is another list of ...
To the Editor:
It is a great honor to serve Newtown as your new Postmaster. In my nine years with the United States Postal Service, I have seen firsthand the ro...
To the Editor:
Thank you Mr Dennis Laczkoskie on your excellent letter to the editor (“Former Resident Offers Short List of Trump Accomplishments,” April 19). Y...
To the Editor:
The referendum vote on April 23rd indicates that many citizens of Newtown agree with my sentiments about the Board of Education budget. The incre...
To the Editor:
While many are joined in the effort to save the meadow at 6 Commerce Road from development, there are numerous reasons why we care so much. The n...
To the Editor:
Three things immediately popped out after reading Mr Laczkoskie’s list of Trumps accomplishments (“Former Resident Offers Short List of Trump Acc...
To the Editor:
Upon moving to Newtown a few years ago, I quickly realized what an asset it was to have The C.H. Booth Library in town, especially since I love b...
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).