News

2015-16 Town, School Budgets Pass With Overwhelming Support

By John Voket and Kendra Bobowick

Published: Apr 28, 2015 12:00 AM

School Superintendent Joseph V. Erardi, Jr, walked into the Newtown Middle School gymnasium just after 8 pm Tuesday, moments after the final few residents cast their budget votes, exuding quiet confid...

Budget Polls Quiet; Only 522 Votes Logged Four Hours Into Referendum

By John Voket

Published: Apr 28, 2015 12:00 AM

Four hours into today's budget balloting at Newtown Middle School, Republican Registrar JoAnne Albanesi had logged only 522 votes. Any registered voter or Newtown resident with at least $1,000 in taxa...

Dinner To Benefit Resident Recovering From Cancer

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: Apr 27, 2015 12:00 AM

Friends of Newtown resident and American Legion Auxiliary Third District President Alice Saxton are planning a benefit dinner to help Ms Saxton with medical expenses. Ms Saxton is recovering from esop...

Route 34 Bridge Atop Stevenson Dam To Close For 90 Hours; Detours Planned

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Apr 27, 2015 12:00 AM

MONROE — The antiquated Route 34 bridge positioned atop Stevenson Dam, which links Monroe to Oxford, will be closed to traffic for a 90-hour period to allow for maintenance work on the hydroelectric d...

Selectmen Reveal Charge, Possible Makeup Of New Community Center Committee

By John Voket

Published: Apr 24, 2015 12:00 AM

At a brief April 20 Board of Selectmen meeting, First Selectman Pat Llodra and Selectman Will Rodgers reviewed and briefly discussed a proposed charge and a possible list of appointees to a new ad-hoc...

Residents Sought For Commission Posts

Published: Apr 24, 2015 12:00 AM

First Selectman Pat Llodra is seeking residents to fill several opening on local appointed boards and commissions. In some cases the appointments are required to be affiliated with a specific politica...

Accidental Fire Heavily Damages Castle Hill Road House

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Apr 24, 2015 12:00 AM

Volunteer firefighters from all five local fire companies responded at about 6 pm on Thursday, April 23, to a raised-ranch house at 101 Castle Hill Road, where a fire had broken out, heavily damaging...

Superintendent Drafting Transportation Survey For Parents

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: Apr 24, 2015 12:00 AM

Superintendent of Schools Joseph V. Erardi, Jr, told the Board of Education during its Tuesday, April 21, meeting the district administration would like to launch a transportation survey. The first dr...

Modeling Event Lands Town 'Celebs' On The Runway

Published: Apr 24, 2015 12:00 AM

On Saturday, April 18, more than two dozen Newtown officials, staff, and local "celebrities" hit the runway at Rock Ridge Country Club to help support the C.H. Booth Library's CHBMakers initiative. CH...

A Formal Start For Newtown Hook & Ladder's New Firehouse

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: Apr 24, 2015 12:00 AM

It was a long time coming, but on Wednesday, April 22, Newtown Hook & Ladder volunteer firefighters finally celebrated the start of construction of their new firehouse at groundbreaking ceremonies hel...

Financial Foundations: Expanding Access To Homeownership: Innovative Mortgage Programs

Head O'Meadow Students Cast Votes For Books

Newtown Senior Alliance Hosted Its First Roundtable Regarding Housing

Juvenile At The Wheel Of Vehicle That Crashed Into Utility Pole

BOE Holds Celebration Of Excellence, Listens To NEASC Overview

I understand your basic point, but not the numbers. Can you help us understand where your numbers come from? Thanks!

The ‘Me’ Generation

Tom, I appreciate you sharing your perspective. My advocacy isn't about a personal 'vested interest' in a single field; it is about the Standard of Newtown. While you categorize the salt shed and library parking as 'essential' and the turf as an 'upgrade,' I would argue they all fall under the same umbrella of maintaining town assets. The Turf Field ($1.4M): This was a replacement project for a facility used by thousands of youth athletes, not a new 'luxury' add-on. The Salt Shed ($1.2M) & Library Parking ($1.4M): These were passed at almost identical price points. The point isn't to say these items aren't important; it’s to ask why we find the money for infrastructure that serves one demographic while claiming we are too 'fiscally strained' to fund infrastructure for another. When we categorize things we use as 'essential' and things our neighbors' children use as 'extras,' we aren't having an honest discussion about priorities, we are picking winners and losers. The goal of my letter wasn't to be 'unproductive,' but to sound the alarm for the 82% of residents who didn't show up to the polls. We cannot be a community that only thrives in parts. If we want Newtown to remain a place where people want to move and raise families, we have to invest in the next generation with the same urgency we use to fix our parking lots.

The ‘Me’ Generation

Michelle, I am sorry to see that you are also a victim of fabrications. All those rumors that go round that seem so convincing. All so often, those rumors are little more than convenient lies. This has been happening for several years and hopefully we can come together to stop them. Until then, I ask that those of you who have heard disparaging remarks about the candidates take the time to meet with them to ask them directly what you are concerned about. Get to know them better rather than assume. We all will have better representation both locally and state-wide if you do so.

Support For Brandon Moore

He is just another politician, you could see it when he got Bruce Walcz'zzz'k elected. Say whatever it takes to get into office...

This is disappointing because it frames voters who rejected the Treadwell turf replacement as selfish or anti-youth. When I suspect that Katherine's motives were likely because she has some vested interest in those turf fields, which makes it exceptionally selfish. There is a clear difference between maintaining basic town infrastructure and approving an athletic facility upgrade. Library sidewalks, parking access, and a salt storage facility support safety and essential town operations. The turf field may be worthwhile, but it is still a different type of request. Residents can support youth sports and still question the cost, timing, or priority of a specific project. Calling that selfish, or turning it into a generational argument is unfair and unproductive. Newtown is better served by honest discussion about priorities, not by accusing voters of lacking community spirit because they disagreed on one ballot item.

The ‘Me’ Generation

Copyright ©2026 The Newtown Bee / All rights reserved