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Video Highlight From Newtown's State Playoff Game Win Over Wildcats

Published: Dec 05, 2019 at 11:30 AM

Quarterback Brandon Lombardo ran for a pair of touchdowns to help Newtown High School's football team defeat visiting Norwich Free Academy on December 4. Here i...

State Auditors: Teachers Union Affiliate ‘Likely’ Misused 12/14 Donations

Published: Dec 05, 2019 at 11:30 AM

A report from the Connecticut Auditors Of Public Accounts provided to The Newtown Bee December 5 suggests an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, A...

Four Golden Opportunities Tag-A-Gift Locations Set Up

Published: Dec 05, 2019 at 11:27 AM

Golden Opportunities works in partnership with several Newtown groups as well as elder care facilities in Newtown and the region. Its mission is to enhance the ...

Julia DeSousa

Published: Dec 05, 2019 at 09:15 AM

Julia S. DeSousa, 92, of Sandy Hook, passed away on December 3, 2019, at home, surrounded by her loving family. Julia was born in Ossining, N.Y., on March 9, 19...

Christopher Knight

Published: Dec 05, 2019 at 09:15 AM

Christopher Mark Knight, a former Newtown resident and graduate of Newtown High School, passed away on November 23, 2019, in Naugatuck, Conn. He was 44 years ol...

Holiday Festival Returning To Main Street This Weekend

Published: Dec 05, 2019 at 07:00 AM

For the 34th year, families and friends are invited to head to Main Street from 11 am to 4 pm Sunday, December 8, for the Holiday Festival, an event that has be...

Football Team Blanks NFA, Moves Into Semifinals

Published: Dec 04, 2019 at 08:54 PM

Newtown High School's football team, the top seed in the Class LL state bracket, rode its defense to a 35-0 win over No. 8 Norwich Free Academy at Blue & Gold S...

Trotting Out Thanks To All

Published: Dec 04, 2019 at 02:10 PM

To the Editor: Thanksgiving morning in Newtown was again full of runners and walkers who turned up to earn their stuffing and help support the Cyrenius H. Booth...

School Maintenance Workers Clear Snow For The Big Game

Published: Dec 03, 2019 at 01:33 PM

Newtown High School maintenance workers were busy clearing several inches of snow from the turf and stands at Blue & Gold Stadium on December 3 as the football ...

Published: Dec 03, 2019 at 12:01 PM

The local unit of the Salvation Army is less than a week away from its 2019 Red Kettle Campaign and is still seeking volunteer bell ringers. This year’s campaig...

No Parking, Road Closures In Effect For Ram Pasture Tree Lighting

Really sad havnt heard from my son incarcerated there.hope can heard from him soon.

New Warden On Watch At Garner Prison

In the case of the example given, CP Western Studies, grades move from 89 to 86 from 2017/18 to 2019/2020. Would be interesting to know if this is a statistically significant change. In the case of an 89, the students' corresponding GPA is 3.33. For the 86, it is 3.0. With colleges having hard and fast cutoffs for scholarships where as little as a 0.1 GPA difference can be make or break, small percentage differences in a grade can have an outsized impact if they fall near a breakpoint in GPA. That is, the GPA conversion isn't a smooth function, but rather a step function. If average grades are "in line", is 2 points lower considered "in line?" Many classes are said to have higher grades. What has the distribution been? Is the median class grade higher or lower overall in the school? Not advocating for grade inflation, and I don't have any students in the system. It is important to consider whether the resulting changes in grade distributions might affect competitiveness for scholarships.

BOE Hears NHS Grading System Presentation

from this Senator Tony Hwangs website. "8-30g law has become an emotional issue for many communities because of the broad latitude it gives developers to build under the auspices of increasing affordable housing inventory. Developers can place dense, multi-family projects into single-family neighborhoods, or take land set aside for office buildings and make it into residential properties with set aside percentages far below median income housing. These sometimes controversial development projects often change the town’s character and disrupts neighborhoods."

Proposed Main Street Apartments Draw Fire At Borough Zoning Hearing

Looking forward to next meeting. I encourage at the next public hearing there should be a serious discussion of the 8.30g option and the realities of what Main Street and Newtown could face at this site. By not working with the potential developers what this site could face. How well the Historic District question can sustain a challenge. Is there an option to trade land at FFH and the town to take control ot 19 Main Street in a fair trade deal as well. There needs to be continued talks to come to a solution. I personally feel this is an ideal location for residence, not rentals, either condominiums and or townhouses that have some age restrictions if needed. Maybe for seniors or our aging population who may want to downsize. Hope to see more residents there who resiide outside of the Borough since this impacts the entire town and its appeal.

Just want to point out how "Nicer in Newtown" isn't taken seriously by others when the tell a government council that it would be okay to build these apartments, but not near where they live. They want to push it off on someone else. Make it someone else's problem. "Nicer in Newtown" ? ...not so much.

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