Joseph V. Komornik, 88, of Newtown, passed away Saturday, January 25, in Danbury Hosptial. Joe was born in Bridgeport on July 28, 1931. He was the thirteenth child of the late Henry and Anna (Dest) Ko...
July 20, 1929 to January 25, 2020
Edmund Clifton Forbell, Jr, nicknamed “Stretch,” was born in Willimantic, Conn., the son of Charlotte Lanphear Forbell and Edmund Clifton Forbell, Sr. He was predecea...
Clifford Bradley Pomeroy, Jr, known as “Kippy,” passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020, at Regional Hospice, after bravely fighting a long illness, surrounded by his loved ones.
He was born January 2...
Scott Jordan Rogers, 62, formerly of Newtown, died suddenly December 20, 2019. He was born April 21, 1957, and grew up in Newtown. He attended Newtown High School, graduating Class of 1975.
Mr Rogers ...
November 14, 1927 to January 21, 2012
My dear dad, on your eighth year in Heaven.
When someone you love becomes a memory, the memories become a treasure, and I’m so very lucky to have so many. I ...
Irving Edward Trager, age 61, of Sandy Hook, Conn., passed away on January 2, 2020, at Danbury Hospital. Irving was born in New York City and lived in Sandy Hook for over 20 years. He was the beloved ...
Raymond “Ray” Edward Baker died on Sunday, January 12, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Ray was born on November 2, 1938, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Newtown for over 40 years. He was ...
Jean Anne Maday, 47, passed away on January 11, 2020, in Chicago. Jean was born August 3, 1972, in Illinois, moving to Redding, Conn. in the seventh grade. After graduating from Joel Barlow High Schoo...
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.
