Maureen Armstrong, age 85, passed away at home on December 5.
Born in Winsted, Conn., her parents were Frank and Ninita (Fournier) Newman, who raised her together with a loving extended family in the ...
Peg Hogenauer, 95 years young, passed away on December 4. She was born on July 31, 1925, to the late Francis and Elizabeth (Fitzmaurice) Scholan in Waterbury.
She lived in Newtown for 57 years before ...
Hannah Y. Cyr, 18, unexpectedly passed away on Tuesday, December 1 in West Greenwich, R.I. On April 2, 2002, in Danbury this world became a brighter place when Hannah Yubal Cyr was born, the daughter ...
Jean (Pearlman) Elias, 93, of Newtown, gently passed away on Monday, November 30, at her residence at Maplewood at Newtown in Newtown. She was the beloved wife of Hyman J. Elias, whom she married on V...
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Lynn Nespoli Lewis, age 48, passed away unexpectedly on December 1, at Yale University Hospital. Lynn was the beloved wife of Allan for 24 years, and mother to Derrick, Gina, and Victoria, who were he...
Valerie C. Ide passed away peacefully on Monday, November 23, from natural causes. She was born on March 9, 1936, in Teddington, England.
She is survived by her three daughters, Lynne Solaski, Jill Ro...
Lenox, Mass., resident Jean Mary Peters (Sturges, Sheldon) Stempel passed away on Tuesday, November 24, at 94 years old. She was an example of tenacity and independence to all of us who loved her.
Jea...
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.
