Margaret Carroll, 84, of Newtown, died peacefully on Thursday, January 30, at Newtown Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, surrounded by her family and her granddog, Tali.
Margaret LaCossitt was born ...
Kathleen “Kay” Gerrity Bullard peacefully left this earth Monday, January 27, 2020, at her home in Newtown, Conn. She was with her loyal and loving companion of 30-plus years, Nick Rubertino, and thei...
Marianne Kennedy Scanlon, 87, passed peacefully on January 22, 2020. Marianne was born in Northampton, Mass., to Amelia and James Kennedy on July 7, 1932.
She attended the St Francis Hospital School o...
Barbara L. Loecher, age 57, passed away on January 14, 2020, following a courageous battle with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease.
Born in New York City, Barbara spent her early childhood in the interna...
January 29, 1947 to February 5, 2017
Bob, you have been gone three long and lonely years. I read these words, which tells a little of how I feel:
I thought of you today,
but that is nothing new.
...
Irene Ann Rich passed away on Tuesday, January 28, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, surrounded by her family.
Born in 1941 to Emerick and Katherine Andrascik, immigrants from Slovakia, Irene grew up in...
November 30, 1930 to January 26, 2020
Ellen Doris “Honey” Flood Ronan, 89, of Southbury, passed away peacefully on January 26, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. She lived the fullness of her year...
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.
