William      Coughlin, Jr
Devoted To Salvation Army
William Coughlin, Jr, 81, of South Windsor, died December 26. He was a loving and devoted husban...
Youth Basketball Highlights
Grade 5 Boys
Celtics 37, Bruins 25: Jack Procaccini scored 23 points and James Carney helped the Celtics to the win. George...
Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The ...
Weight Loss Surgery
Is Not For Everyone
To The Editor:
I am writing in reference to the article on the couple who had weight loss surgery. [“Couple...
Celebrating Success In Newtown 2008
By Nancy K. Crevier
A number of organizations and businesses in town celebrated milestones in 2008. It has been ten years of...
Antiques Shows ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ Â ________________
Jan 10-11: 55th Papermania Antique Paper Show, XL Center, Asylum St, Hartford, Sat 10 am-5 pm, ...
Newtown High School Swimmers Shine Against Masuk
Facing a small and young Masuk High team on December 23, the Newtown High School boys’ swimming and...
Scholarships Available
The Newtown High School Career Center publicizes all scholarships of which it is notified.
A few of the scholarships, typically national ...
Pasta Dinner & Bluegrass Music At NUMC Saturday
The next Saturday Pasta Dinner at Newtown United Methodist Church will take place January 3 in the churchâ€...
BOE Referendum, Round Two, UnderwayRegistered Newtown voters are heading to the polls today, for the second attempt by the Board of Education to get a budget for the 2024-25 academic year passed.Registered Newtown voters are heading to the polls today, for the second attempt by the Board of Education to get a budget for the 2024-25 academic year passed.All voting is again taking place at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street. Polls opened at 6 am and will remain open until 8 pm.Following a rejection of the school budget by 507 votes at a referendum on April 23, the Legislative Council at its April 29 meeting slashed $1,408,307 from the Board of Education’s proposed 2024-25 budget.The reduction was unanimously approved by all 12 councilmen, in contrast to a previous, pre-referendum meeting on March 27, where no bottom line for the school budget drew more than a simple majority of seven votes.The new bottom line of $87,409,066 is a $2,339,415 or 2.75% spending increase over the 2023-24 budget, which places it in line with the municipal budget, which was passed by voters.The previous proposed 2024-25 BOE budget rejected by voters was $88,817,373, which would have been a $3,747,722 or 4.4% spending increase.The education budget failed, 1,701 No votes to 1,194 Yes votes.On the secondary question to the education budget — If the proposed sum for the Board of Education is not approved, should the revised budget be higher? — the responses were 727 Yes and 2,071 No.The Registrar of Voters reported 15.1% of Newtown’s registered voters participated in the April 23 referendum, with 2,952 people showing up at the middle school to vote and another 47 turning in absentee ballots.
It is a shame but yes, we are so broke... The NIMBY crowd will not allow any new development so there is no ability to add to the tax base... got to hire strangers to park at our schools, and grocery stores and sneak around on our property to ensure our kindergartners Spanish class doesn't get canceled.
I was the recipient of such a invasion of my privacy when my daughter was visiting her boyfriend in Waterbury. They tried to get me to pay them taxes instead of Newtown. They were rude, offensive and threatening and I had to call the mayor of Waterbury to finally get it cleared up after being threatened. It was a long drawn out process to get this overturned. Are we that broke that we have to turn our residents over to these mercenaries? This is beyond belief. How dare you hire these rent a cops to harass and threaten us?
Thanks for the quote, many people don’t realize Newtown does not exist in a silo and we have peers to benchmark against. For example Trumbull also spends less per student and outperforms us.
ALL students benefit from consistent policies and quality education. Affordability matters, especially to less affluent families which tend to skew more heavily minority based on census data.