News

Veterans Day Holiday Closings

Published: Nov 09, 2018 04:50 PM

Veterans Day on Sunday, November 11, will have an effect on local offices and businesses. Many entities will be closed on Monday, November 12, in observance of the federal holiday.

All town offices will be closed on Monday.

Newtown Senior Center will also be closed on Monday.

C.H. Booth Library will be open on Sunday, November 11, but closed on Monday, November 12.

The transfer station at the former landfill on Ethan Allen Road will be closed on Monday.

Veterans Day is a postal holiday, so there will be no mail delivery, and USPS offices will be closed on Monday.

The office of The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, will be open on Monday, November 12.

VFW Post 308 will host its annual Veterans Day ceremony on Sunday, November 11, at 11 am. Post 308 is at 18 Tinkerfield Road, off Mile Hill South. The public is encouraged to attend this program honoring veterans of the American Armed Forces. For more information, call 203-426-9316.

Veterans Day will be honored on Sunday with an 11 am ceremony at VFW Post 308. Because it is a day to honor the nation's veterans, flags will not be lowered on Sunday, November 11, or even Monday, November 12, when the national holiday will be observed. (Bee file photo)

Referendum At Midpoint: 5% Turnout Reported

Susan Medve

George Miller

Donations For Newtown Lions Stuff-A-Truck Food Drive Help Fight Hunger

Fire Reports | April 10-April 15, 2024

Teachers Union - nuff said.

Vote No To The BOE Budget And No it Should Not Be Higher

Newtown schools have degraded over the 3+ decades I've lived here as the concentrated social experiment curricula driven by the state and small but loud groups. Yet we continue to dig into our pockets while we witness the downward spiral.

Vote Yes On April 23

Unfortunately as voter turnout continues to decline the chances of it increasing also decline. The LC and BOF already know that the budget will be approved by virtue of the low turnout so why try to make smart decisions? The so-called referendum is essentially just a rubber stamp. They will continue to increase the budget by 2-5% every year because it's low enough to not cause a pushback under the cover of "inflation" and "maintaining the schools." Sending the budget to vote with 9% turnout is meaningless and a waste of resources on April 23rd.

Go Out And Vote April 23

I have seen Mr. Pisani repeatedly assert in the pages of the Bee that Newtown schools are "testing at a failing 64.9%". I'd be curious if he could elaborate on this statistic, as I have been unable to verify it independently. Which test exactly is our school system failing? How do our schools compare to other towns? How does our score compare to historical measures? It's very hard to draw conclusions from a single data point, so here are a few more data points to think about for context: Newtown is consistently ranked among the top 20 school districts in CT by the US News and World Report and Niche, which consider a range of performance metrics in their rankings; on average, Newtown students perform similar to, if not better than, students in neighboring school districts on standardized math and reading tests; the only data point on the CT Department of Education District Report Card where Newtown "fails" -- that is, falls behind the state average -- is access to art instruction. I'm glad the council member has acknowledged in this letter what taxpayers in high-performing (and high-spending) school districts like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport already know: "School funding does impact student achievement." Please keep that in mind when you vote this week!

All I Ask Is That You Think About It

An investment is done with a hope for a return. The operative term here is 'hope'.

Continue To Invest In Newtown’s Schools

<< Apr 2024 >>
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
31	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	1	2	3	4

Log In

Veterans Day Holiday Closings

Leave a Reply Cancel reply