Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown held a children’s Purim program this month, when youngsters learned about the holiday, participated in a costume parade, and were treated to Hamantaschen.
Newtown Ecumenical Workcamp Servants returned to a familiar routine last weekend, marking another post-pandemic step for the community while raising funds for this year's mission trip.
Members of Newtown United Methodist Church Mission and Outreach have partnered with Soldiers Angels to conduct a Warm Feet for Warriors drive through the end of the month.
Current Newtown Ecumenical Workcamp Servants workcampers and chaperones recently participated in a sleepathon in a temporary shelter they constructed outside Newtown Congregational Church.
I hope that concerned folks will focus on the budget that we vote to approve each year. It is the primary determinant of the taxes we pay. Assessments are, in a way, the distribution or redistribution of that tax burden across taxpayers based on the value of their homes. Even if there were no revaluation taking place, we would be paying more tax because we voted for an increased budget. The only other offset would be a meaningful increase in businesses or new homes providing additional tax revenues. As I understand it, the mil rate will adjust based on valuations (grand list) to provide the budget we vote for. Taxes will go up until we spend less or get more revenue from new sources.
Editor's Note: It should also be pointed out that NYA (and NVAC) built their own building — which has a footprint larger than Newsylum, Parent Connection, and the Ambulance headquarters combined — that each of the latter organizations also contributed their own significant funds to their construction and improvement projects; and that Newsylum and the Parent Connection both improved existing abandoned buildings that may have otherwise continued to be unused and deteriorating.
