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Hockey Team And Wrestlers Win, Football Players Honored

By Andy Hutchison

Published: January 18, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown High School’s hockey team pulled out a 7-6 win over Horace Greeley of New York in a battle at Danbury Ice Arena on January 17. The NHS wrestling team was also in action, and won the Eagle Clas...

Sandy Hook 5K Race Registration Opens January 18

Published: January 17, 2015 12:00 am

The organizers of the Sandy Hook 5K are proud to announce the third annual race to honor the memories of the victims and support those affected by the tragic events of 12/14. The race event will take ...

Nighthawk Girls Earn Hard-Fought Win Over Wildcats

By Andy Hutchison

Published: January 16, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team battled past visiting Bethel 43-39, on January 16, for consecutive win number four. The Nighthawks improved to 8-2 overall and 4-0 in South-West Conference...

Wrestlers, Cagers, Swimmers Earn Wins, Skaters And Gymnasts Compete

By Andy Hutchison

Published: January 15, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown High School’s wrestling team continued its winning ways, earning a 76-0 win at Stratford on January 14. The high school hockey team lost 9-3 to the New Fairfield-Immaculate of Danbury squad at...

Wrestlers Win Greater Hartford Open

Published: January 13, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown High School’s wrestling team won the Greater Hartford Open on January 10. Newtown scored 296.5 points to defeat ten opponents. Second-place New Milford had 184.5, and third-place Greenwich sco...

Boys' Cagers (Fast) Break Brookfield's Winning Streak And Swimmers Cruise

By Andy Hutchison

Published: January 13, 2015 12:00 am

The host Newtown High School boys’ basketball team used the fast-break—repeated transition baskets, many of which came off steals – to break Brookfield’s season-opening six-game winning streak with a...

Track Squads Participate In Elm City Coaches Invite

Published: January 12, 2015 12:00 am

Members of Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ indoor track teams competed in the Elm City Coaches Invite at Hillhouse High School in New Haven on January 10. Highlights are as follows: Girls ...

Free Family Fitness Night January 20

Published: January 09, 2015 12:00 am

Newtown Middle School’s physical education department will host a Family Fitness Night at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, from 6 to 7:30 pm on Tuesday, January 20. The Family Fitness Night eve...

Tryouts For PDL Soccer Team At NYA On January 16

Published: January 09, 2015 12:00 am

AC Connecticut, the state’s only Premier Development League (PDL) soccer team, will hold its first round of open tryouts for the 2015 season, from noon to 2 pm on Friday, January 16, at NYA Sports & F...

Extreme Chill Brings Pond Skating To Ram Pasture

Published: January 09, 2015 12:00 am

Freezing cold temperatures throughout the past week may cause some to ponder a move south, or to at least anxiously anticipate the warmth of spring. But that’s not the case for hockey players and figu...

The Way We Were

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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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Hockey Team And Wrestlers Win, Football Players Honored

Sandy Hook 5K Race Registration Opens January 18

Nighthawk Girls Earn Hard-Fought Win Over Wildcats

Wrestlers, Cagers, Swimmers Earn Wins, Skaters And Gymnasts Compete

Wrestlers Win Greater Hartford Open

Boys' Cagers (Fast) Break Brookfield's Winning Streak And Swimmers Cruise

Track Squads Participate In Elm City Coaches Invite

Free Family Fitness Night January 20

Tryouts For PDL Soccer Team At NYA On January 16

Extreme Chill Brings Pond Skating To Ram Pasture