To the Editor:
I have not written a response to The Newtown Bee in a long time.
My children are long out of the school system but I have to respond to the lette...
To the Editor:
I am deeply disturbed by the current campaign to remove LGBTQ books like Flamer (by Mike Curato), This Book Is Gay (by Juno Dawson) and All Boys ...
To the Editor:
In the past four weeks there has been a lot of attention given to our board as a group of parents attempt to ban books they have not even read. I...
The Newtown Forest Association’s (NFA) headquarters parking area at the Holcombe Hill Preserve, 55 Great Hill Road, was heavily damaged by vandals sometime on A...
Newtown High School's boys' track and field team hosted New Milford, New Fairfield, and Notre Dame-Fairfield at Blue & Gold Stadium on May 1, and the girls comp...
Newtown High’s boys’ volleyball team went on the road and fell to Oxford 3-1 (25-14, 21-25, 26-24, 25-21) on April 26.
The Nighthawks were led by sophomore midd...
After breaking a scoreless tie with a run in the fifth inning, only to see visiting Brookfield plate the tying run in the top of the sixth, Newtown High School’...
After simply crushing its first seven South-West Conference opponents by scoring an average of almost 20 runs per non-contest, Newtown High School’s softball te...
The Board of Selectman at its May 1 meeting approved a $60,000 appropriation of American Rescue Plan funding to be used to switch police sidearms from Glock .45...
Marian Burk Wood, a longtime member of Genealogy Club of Newtown (pictured), will be the featured speaker at the club’s May 10 meeting, to be conducted via Zoom...
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.