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Published: Dec 30, 2022 at 12:00 AM
Halfway through the 2022-23 fiscal year, Finance Director Bob Tait is projecting a modest budget surplus at the end of the fiscal year in June 2023. At the December 16 Board of Selectmen meeting, Tait laid out what the 2022-23 municipal budget looks ...
Published: Dec 29, 2022 at 04:15 PM
To the Editor:
Daggers to the heart of democracy have not been delivered exclusively by Donald Trump and his minions, or Nancy Pelosi and hers, depending upon your orientation.
Here are my dark horse nominations for the four horsemen of the American ...
Published: Dec 29, 2022 at 04:10 PM
To the Editor:
Thank you Friends of Newtown Seniors (FONS) for the generous Christmas gift.
A special thanks to Bev Bennett Schaedler for her tireless help with various issues.
Thank you all!
Elaine Mandulak
Sandy Hook
Published: Dec 29, 2022 at 04:05 PM
To the Editor:
At the Nov 21 Board of Selectmen meeting the First Selectman proposed a working group to study the idea of the BOS hiring a Town Administrator, a contract employee who would take over the day to day management of town government from t...
Published: Dec 29, 2022 at 04:00 PM
To the Editor:
I’d like to express my sincere gratitude to the Newtown community for all the generous donations received for holiday care packages for hospitalized veterans and their medical staff at the West Haven VA Hospital.
I would also like to t...
Published: Dec 29, 2022 at 03:00 PM
Perhaps Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert said it best when asked to reflect on some of her greatest public wellness and safety concerns as the New Year looms: “I am astonished at the way people talk and the way they drive. We never know...
Published: Dec 28, 2022 at 06:15 PM
Sylvia Rita Luciano, 90, of Sandy Hook, Connecticut, wife of Stephen T. Luciano, died peacefully at home on December 16, 2022, with her family by her side.
In addition to her loving husband of 69 years, Mrs Luciano is survived by her son Thomas, his ...
Published: Dec 28, 2022 at 08:00 AM
A Newtown Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) subcommittee conducted its fifth special meeting of the year on December 15 to continue discussing a possible text amendment to local regulations for warehouse and distribution centers.
P&Z members prese...
Updated: Dec 28, 2022 at 08:12 AM
Each week we compile a list of some of the recent most-read stories published at newtownbee.com. Here is a roundup of the week’s top stories, based on the number of page reads.
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Published: Dec 28, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Occupation: I am an elementary school educator. This is my 28th year of teaching. I started at Holy Family School in Fairfield teaching 4 year olds, then kindergarten. For the last 25 years, I’ve been teaching in Trumbull, at my childhood element...