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Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Rosenthal Supports Referendum—
Budget, High School Going To Voters As Proposed
By John Voket
Taxpayers will have their say on both a $105 million town budget proposal, as well as a $38.8 million high school funding request when they go ...
Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Barbara Jane Kelly LaPerch
Devoted Religious Education Instructor
Barbara Jane Kelly LaPerch, 74, a 50-year resident of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., died March 28 at her winter residence in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after a courageous battle with brain ...
Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more...
Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
‘Unity And Diversity’ Programs Preview
Unity and Diversity, a cable television program that features leaders and representatives of various religious communities in our area, can be seen on Channel 21 on Mondays at noon an...
Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Concert Review—
Another Fine Show By Sliabh Notes
By Andrew Carey
Newtown is a very attractive town. As proof, the band Sliabh Notes, three of the most beloved musicians from that corner of southwestern Ireland called Sliabh Luchra (Irish...
Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Our Intellectual Accounts
To the Editor:
My wife and I have been retired since 1999. Property tax increases each year are of great concern.
To not fund the education of our young people is far more serious, in my view. To quote Nicholas Kristof in Su...
Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Lawmakers Prescribing
Lower Drug Costs
HARTFORD (AP) — Lawmakers say they ha’ve found a way to save needy senior citizens more money on prescription drugs, but not cost the state any more cash.
The proposal, included in the D...
Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
When the people of Newtown get to vote April 22 on a $38.8 million plan to renovate and expand Newtown High School, they are likely to be as divided on the issue as the town and school officials who put the proposal before them. The frenetic choreogr...
Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
No Free Lunch Warning From BBB
WALLINGFORD — The invitation for a free meal seemed enticing enough, but is a meal really free when you can’t pick up a fork until after being subjected to a 90-minute sales presentation pressuri...
Published: Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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