UPDATE: NHS softball will host Cheshire Friday, June 2 at 4:15 pm.
Newtown High School's softball team, the No. 3 team in the Class LL State Tournament, de...
A little over a week ago, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy affirmed what a growing number of officials, mental health and crisis intervention experts, law enforc...
To the Editor:
As we leave a weekend of honoring service members who died while serving our country, I am compelled to reflect on the rights we have because of ...
To the Editor:
Last week’s Newtown Bee featured, front and center, an article giving the RTC’s take on the recent Board of Education meeting regarding the propo...
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Spay and Neuter of Newtown was started in 1983, to assist people with the spay and neutering of their pets, feral cats, and to educate the commun...
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I am compelled to write a letter to the editor regarding the current Fahrenheit 451 attitude of the Newtown BOE as they are on the verge of poten...
To the Editor,
It would be hard to tell from all the rhetoric around “book banning,” but it is a fact that no Board of Education members have moved to “ban” or ...
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Assuming the accounts describing the BOE meetings of late are accurate, I felt I needed to comment. One of the questions I try to remember to ask...
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One year ago, on the first day of Pride Month, the original objector to Flamer made an inflammatory post about a teacher offering extra credit to...
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Smoke and mirrors: something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue, in this case, the Newtow...
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.