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A Pair Of Exciting, Nail-Biting Wins - And Then Four Games In As Many Days - For Softball Squad

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Apr 10, 2018 12:00 AM

They say good things come to those who wait. For Newtown High School's softball team, maybe the phrase should be "close wins come to teams that wait." Then again, season-starting victories over Norwal...

Hawk Laxmen Topple SWC Foes Around Tough Test From New York Team

By Paul Samberg

Published: Apr 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Newtown High School's boys' lacrosse team was defeated by visiting Mamaroneck of New York 13-8, at Blue & Gold Stadium, on Saturday, April 7. The loss came to a challenging nonconference team between ...

Girls' Lacrosse Team Topples ND, Falls To Warde

Published: Apr 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Newtown High School's girls' lacrosse team followed up its season-opening 15-3 triumph over Immaculate of Danbury with a similarly easy 17-1 triumph over host Notre Dame-Fairfield two days later, on A...

Baseball Team Doubles Up Warde, Edged By Bethel

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Apr 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Newtown High School's baseball team visited Fairfield Warde on April 6 came away with a 6-3 triumph. The NIghthawks jumped out to a 3-0 in the first inning. After Warde climbed to within a run, Newtow...

Defending Champion Girls' Track And Field Team To Make Another Run At South-West Conference Championship

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Apr 07, 2018 12:00 AM

Newtown High School's girls' track and field coaches and athletes are hungry both to stay at the top and overcome the best in the South-West Conference this spring. The Nighthawks, after all, are defe...

Nighthawk Boys' Track And Field Squad Primed For Success

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Apr 07, 2018 12:00 AM

Coming off a spring season in which only nine points separated third-place Newtown from first-place New Milford and given what she has seen from her group this preseason, Becky Osborne, coach of Newto...

Newtown High Golf Teams Ready To Take The Course

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Apr 06, 2018 12:00 AM

With snow coating the area golf courses throughout March and into early April, early-season matches have been postponed, but Newtown High School's girls' and boys' golf teams are again looking forward...

Nighthawk Sluggers Get Bats Going In Triumph Over Watertown

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Apr 06, 2018 12:00 AM

Trailing 3-0 in the bottom of the third inning, Newtown High School's baseball team got its offense going and plated five runs, three of which came with two outs, and never looked back, en route to an...

Boys' Tennis Squad Has New-Looking Lineup And Same Winning Expectations

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Apr 05, 2018 12:00 AM

The losses of the top three singles players and half of the first double unit leave opportunity for players to step up on Newtown High School's boys' tennis team. Indeed, there will be a significantly...

Girls' Tennis Team Can Be In The Mix Among The South-West Conference's Best

By Andy Hutchison

Published: Apr 05, 2018 12:00 AM

Traditional South-West Conference powerhouses Joel Barlow and Weston have both been in the South-West Conference girls' tennis title match four years in a row and eight times in the last ten years. Co...

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Knotweed Initiative Program Planned

Well that is some spin. The Democrats have a super majority on the LC and passed the Education Budget without serious consideration of if the voters could afford the multi million dollar increase. "Was the request justified?" rather than "is this needed?" and "can the voters shoulder yet another large increase?" The voters rightly sent it back. Then for some reason all the discussion around reductions to the increase seemed to be coming from the classroom, rather than administration and overhead costs. Is this a coercive tactic to manipulate parents into supporting the budget like tacit threat of cutting freshman sports was two years ago? Who believes the Democrats did not caucus privately before the meeting and came in with a number already worked out? This is the Dems budget, they own it.

Education Cuts: Who Voted For What

I think it is important that we do not villainize every black box seen around a home, business, farm, or municipal property. A black exterior station does not always mean rat poison is being used. These stations can hold a number of different products, including monitoring blocks, snap traps, non-toxic bait, anti-tick bait stations, organic salt- or cornmeal-based control products, and newer fertility-control approaches intended to reduce rodent populations without traditional poisons. The better conversation, in my opinion, is not simply “black boxes are bad,” but rather: what is inside them, who is maintaining them, and whether the rodent issue is being managed responsibly. Exclusion, sanitation, trapping, habitat reduction, and careful monitoring should all be part of a responsible IPM strategy. To be fair, on my own property I do use rodenticides, including Bromethalin and Bromadiolone, in secured bait stations. But that is a choice I make for my property, based on my circumstances and the risk I am trying to manage. I also believe property owners should understand the tradeoffs and be encouraged to use the least harmful effective method whenever possible. I support protecting Newtown’s wildlife. I also support giving residents accurate information and not assuming that every black box represents reckless or unsafe pest control. The goal should be responsible rodent management, not fear of the box itself.

Discusses Policy Against Rodenticides

Debora, thank you! I accidentally doubled the project prices by adding the bond to the appropriation. Thank you so much for catching that and pointing it out. With the corrected numbers, the voters approved a combined $1.32 million for a salt shed ($600k) and library pavement ($720k), while rejecting the $1.12 million replacement turf. Regarding the 80s, I truly respect the hurdle of 14% mortgage rates. My point is simply that the math has shifted: in 1980, while the rates were higher, the price of a home relative to earnings was significantly lower. We are facing a different, but equally crushing, financial wall. Ultimately, it is disheartening that voters who recognized safe sidewalks and parking lots as essential, dismissed a playing field in the exact same condition. The turf has passed its life cycle and is just as much of a liability as the library’s pavement, the only difference is that this safety concern affects thousands of children who, coincidentally, cannot vote. These are apples-to-apples needs. I was hopeful our community would agree that all Newtown residents deserve safe conditions, regardless of which facility they utilize. Again, I would be remiss not to mention that when 82% of residents don’t show up, we have to deal with the interests of those who did. Hopefully, the next referendum will have a bigger turnout.

The ‘Me’ Generation

Thanks for the reply. I meant the numbers you presented in your letter. I found one place where other numbers were listed: https://www.newtownbee.com/04232026/get-out-and-vote-on-the-2026-27-proposed-municipal-and-school-budgets/?q=\\\%22advisory%20questions\\\%22. In that article, the numbers were cited as: Treadwell field: $1,125,000 Library: $720,000 Salt Storage: $600,000 As one who started out in the early 80's when inflation was double digits, my 1985 mortgage rate was 14%, and child care costs were comparable (in present value), I shared your grief but never considered the voters ironic or shameful. PS. I agree college tuition is ridiculous. Thankfully, universities are offering (or considering) waiving all or most tuition for middle class families (upwards of $200,000 incomes). Hopefully, they'll also reconsider their need for those funds in the first place.

Sure! Child care costs: https://www.ffyf.org/2022/10/13/data-child-care-prices-continue-to-rise-ahead-of-midterm-elections-outpacing-inflation/ (also from 2021-2025 we had 2 children in a local daycare in Newtown and it cost us $3200 a month, so that's a number I am very familiar with) Home price / median price vs income source: https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/home-price-income-ratios Tuition increase vs inflation: https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/noting-a-decline-in-middle-class-students-colleges-provide-more-aid/ Hope this helps :)

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A Pair Of Exciting, Nail-Biting Wins - And Then Four Games In As Many Days - For Softball Squad

Hawk Laxmen Topple SWC Foes Around Tough Test From New York Team

Girls' Lacrosse Team Topples ND, Falls To Warde

Baseball Team Doubles Up Warde, Edged By Bethel

Defending Champion Girls' Track And Field Team To Make Another Run At South-West Conference Championship

Nighthawk Boys' Track And Field Squad Primed For Success

Newtown High Golf Teams Ready To Take The Course

Nighthawk Sluggers Get Bats Going In Triumph Over Watertown

Boys' Tennis Squad Has New-Looking Lineup And Same Winning Expectations

Girls' Tennis Team Can Be In The Mix Among The South-West Conference's Best