EverWonder Children’s Museum, at 31 Pecks Lane, has announced its calendar for January 2019.
This month, visitors to the Yellow Art Lab will be invited to creat...
Thanks to Trout Unlimited and the Pootatuck Watershed Association, and BSA Troop 270, this New Year offers the opportunity to give long-lasting meaning to a usu...
A new state law concerning police enforcement actions during domestic violence incidents took effect on January 1.
Under the terms of the law, a peace officer, ...
Police report that on the morning of December 27, they arrested Bryan Gomez, 18, of Newtown, on a warrant at Connecticut Superior Court in Danbury, charging him...
We hear from Ben’s Bells founder Jeannette Maré that the ceramic chimes continue to have an impact around the globe. As of the end of 2018, more than 62,000 Bel...
UPDATE (Sunday, January 20, 2019): Due to a winter storm, the library is closed today. All programs have been canceled.
UPDATE (Wednesday, January 23,...
Knitters, crocheters, spinners, felt makers and needle felters, dyers, weavers, embroiders, rug hookers, and anyone into fiber arts, yarn, and textiles are all ...
Songs emphasizing kindness echoed out of Hawley Elementary School’s gymnasium on December 21, when the school held a full-school assembly to celebrate its annua...
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will have Alain Picard painting a painterly landscape in pastel at its first meeting of the new year, scheduled f...
Professionals, business owners, entrepreneurs, and the public are invited to join The Working Women’s Forum on Wednesday, January 9 for a panel discussion and n...
They clearly didn't get the message ! CUT THE BUDGET by 20% , not raise it ! Newtown spends $2,500,000.00 every week now ! It will be $2.6m if you approve it ! Who are these people not paying attention to the cost of living? Throwing money at the school administration will not make your kids any smarter ! We are at $22K per kid per year, that is insane ! CUT THE BUDGET ! Go show up and VOTE, because 1200 people who voted yes will show up again, and it's the 1200 people who decide your cost of living for years to come. 51% voters turnout should be mandated to approve the budget, not pathetic 15% of voters. Stop these nonsensical referendums and send everyone a card in the mail so we have a true outcome what people actually want.
All due respect, the headline to this article is misleading. The budget presented was a proposed budget that did not pass public referendum. There are no cuts to anything, rather a reduction in the Board of Education original asking dollars. As matter of fact, the current recommendation from the LC is an increase of 2.3M more than the previous budget from 2023/24.
Some background on the Bus comment Mr Knapp made on not following policy. From ther Bee may 2023.
Following a Request for Proposal (RFP), the school board learned at its March 15 meeting that only one bid came back for the school district’s transportation contract. The current contract with All-Star Transportation, which oversees the majority of bus routes for the district, is set to end at the end of this school year.
At the May 3 meeting, district Director of Business & Finance Tanja Vadas said — reacting to Public Participation speaker Ryan Knapp who, among other things concerning the transportation contract, questioned the school district’s RFP process — she stands by the district’s RFP process “but other companies just didn’t bid.”