The members of Newtown Underwater Search And Rescue voted last week on the men and women who will serve as the organization’s officers for the next term, which begins in October.
Connecticut is enacting important new laws to protect pedestrians. They will help improve communication between pedestrians and drivers, and make crossing the street safer for everyone.
A number of parents came to the September 14 Parks & Recreation meeting hoping they'd reverse their decision to not allow the creation of a new u10 recreation team for the Newtown Thunder.
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) conducted a regular meeting in the Newtown Municipal Center’s council chambers, on September 2, to discuss three applications.
The voters spoke, loud and clear that they support our schools and municipal services. The majority vote was a mandate to keep delivering well rated education services and keep it" Nicer in Newtown."
Thank you LeReine, for speaking out about this. The list of public servants who are unfairly targeted for abuse just for doing their jobs has been growing. It is a testament to the power of propaganda that otherwise good and well-meaning people can get so emotional as to act out in this way.
While I respect the outcome of the referendum, I’m disappointed by the way this budget was presented and passed. A 6.72% tax increase and a mill rate jump to 28.78 may have been framed as “just a few dollars a day,” but for many families in town — especially those already stretched thin — those “few dollars” add up quickly.
It’s frustrating to see large increases minimized in this way, and I worry that next year we’ll hear, “It’s only a little more than last year,” as if that justifies an ongoing trend of rising taxes. This year’s combined municipal and education budgets total over $141 million — that’s a significant sum.
All of the referendums deserve to be pasted. We have a history of deferring needed maintenance and then paying more years later. These are required to keep our town owned building and roads in working condition.
