The following students made the High Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the fourth quarter marking period at Newtown High School for the 2016-17 school year. The honor roll listings were recently released ...
This summer marks the 26th year for Newtown Continuing Education's SMART (Summer Music and Art) Camp, and Newtown Continuing Education Director Elissa Gellis said it has returned to its original locat...
At Fraser Woods Montessori School's Parent Association meeting in May, Head of School Chris Robertson addressed a question he said teachers are regularly asked near the end of the school year: What do...
Children played on the playgrounds, passed a ball around, or splashed down a water slide on June 30 as the first week of Newtown Parks and Recreation summer day camps this summer came to a close.newto...
For the past ten years, Sandy Hook resident Ricky Grasso has been dedicating his life to gaining as much experience as possible in the competitive world of drum corps.
After traveling all over the cou...
Superintendent of Schools Joseph V. Erardi, Jr, shared an e-mail with the Board of Education and Newtown Public Schools district staff this week announcing his plan to retire ahead of the 2017-18 scho...
Newtown Historical Society still has a few spots available for its Annual Summer History Camp, taking place the week of July 10-14.
Offering children between the ages of 8 and 10 a range of interactiv...
Supplying a well-balanced meal for children's school or camp lunches is crucial in helping them grow and have energy for the day's activities.
Registered dietitian and nutritionist Jill Patterson work...
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.
