Toby Kuhlmann Spector, 61 years of age, passed peacefully on Thursday, January 2, 2020, at his home in Bridgewater, surrounded by family. Toby was born on October 10, 1958, in Bridgeport, to Stella Ku...
Serge Harabosky, age 74, of Newtown, passed away comfortably and peacefully surrounded by loved ones on January 4 in his home. He had been living with multiple sclerosis for more than 34 years. During...
Richard L. Prasauckas, 76, of Sandy Hook, passed away unexpectedly January 2, 2020, at his home. Mr Prasauckas was the husband of Jacquelyn (Taradine) Prasauckas. He was born in Waterbury on February ...
Clifford Allen Rothe passed away Thursday, January 2, 2020, at home, in the presence of his family in Southbury after a long battle with cancer. Born September 19, 1955, in Danbury, he was the son of ...
Joseph Isola, of Newtown, Conn., died Monday, December 30, 2019. He was 96.
Joe, otherwise known as Pop, Poppy, or Uncle Joe, was born on December 29, 1923, in Roccasecca, Italy, to Louis and Maria Is...
Louis Joseph LaCroce, 93, of Newtown, passed away peacefully at Regional Hospice in Danbury on December 26, 2019.
Louis was born on December 14, 1926, in New Rochelle, N.Y., the son of Giuseppe and Ma...
Dr Bromeo Zarate Mortera, 96, of Newtown, passed away peacefully alongside his children on Sunday, December 22, 2019, at Danbury Hospital. Born January 29, 1923, in the farming province of Villasis Pa...
Alexandra D. Gerry, 72, of Bethel, previously of Norwalk, Conn., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 17, 2019.
Known to family and friends as “Randi,” she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and, as a...
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.
