Things To Consider
To the Editor:
A group of concerned citizens, including Pat Bailey, Marcia Cavanaugh, Nancy Kennedy, Carol Mattegat, Millie Anderson, Barbara...
Why The New Approach?
To the Editor:
We need a new approach to staffing [at the animal shelter]. Why is that? It sounds like the shell game to me and perhaps Iâ...
NHS Girls’ Lacrosse Team Unbeaten In Conference
The Newtown High School girls’ lacrosse team keeps winning. The girls remained perfect ...
DUI Charge
Police said that motorist David Lindblom, 60, of 10 Sunnyview Terrace was driving a 2001 Chrysler Sebring in a commercial parking lot at 5 Queen...
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The Murphy Basketball Camp welcomes Jeremy O’...
Glover Avenue Crosswalk Repainting Approved For Pedestrian Safety
By Andrew Gorosko
A town work crew started repainting the traffic-worn crosswalk markings on G...
Wine Tasting
For ‘PKN
Listener-funded radio station WPKN (89.5 FM) will benefit from a wine tasting that will take place Saturday, May 14.
The publ...
Rock Ridge Country Club Opens With ABCD Tournaments
Rock Ridge Country Club’s season got underway this past weekend with the ABCD tournaments.
On t...
Local School Administration
Is Not Bloated
To the Editor:
The Legislative Council has forced through a $734,000 cut to the Board of Education budget which will ...
Occupation: I’m a retired State of Connecticut teacher. I taught French and Latin, mostly at Bethel High School, and retired seven years ago.
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We all would like nothing to change, but look at how much this proposed property will add to the grand list. The eastern lot is currently assessed at $352,000 which brings in just under $10k in property value. I appreciate you taking note that the new houses will be $1,000,0000 EACH! This means the property, including club house, pickleball courts, skeet range, putting greens could be assessed at 117 million which would collectively bring in over $3,000,000 in tax revenue. This could also mean over 200 new luxury cars which brings in over $300k in additional revenue. Let's be honest though, they will register out of state. Either way, let's be honest here, if we had 3 MILLON more tax revenue the school wouldn't have to worry about canceling Spanish classes for kindergarteners.
Lets get it passed!
Leave the 'Rich" alone. 50% of this country pay no taxes. And many get money back. The taxpayers on the 'Gold' coast here in CT keep Hartford and Bridgeport afloat. Run them out of town and see what happens.
Yes, she did say that. Why would any bureaucrat publicly admit they made a mistake or recommended violating policy? Yet others, including board members, acknowledged naming the vendor for the routing services as All Star was "a mistake" and likely poisoned the well to other bidders (as was explicitly specifying the fuel type of the rolling stock.) While the members knew they did not get a competitive response to the RFP, they awarded the contract anyway... to the same vendor who got a no-bid contract in 2017. That means Newtown's ~$4.5M annual bus contract has not been put out to bid in 10 years, something to consider when asking why our PPE is so high.