In honor of its 50th year, Fraser Woods Montessori School donated books to the C.H. Booth Library on January 3.The Newtown Bee's archives. In honor of the anniversary year, the school offered donation...
Interim Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue presented her proposed budget to the Board of Education at its first budget workshop meeting on January 9.Enrollment
The Newtown Bee.The Superin...
Newtown Education Foundation (NEF) is gearing up for its second annual adults-only Evening of Comedy fundraiser, Saturday, January 20, at Edmond Town Hall.
Proceeds from the event will support NEF and...
The scheduled January 8 evening Gala Concert to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated Newtown High School auditorium has been postponed until further notice, due to anticipated weather.
The sch...
The scheduled January 8 evening Gala Concert to celebrate the opening of the newly renovated Newtown High School auditorium has been postponed until further notice, due to anticipated weather.
The sch...
An emergency phone app, designed to help college students and parents keep informed when the student is faced with an emergency, is becoming available at local universities.umergencyapp.com.
Umergency...
WETHERSFIELD - Newtown Board of Education Chair Michelle Embree Ku was named as an area director for the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) on December 21, when CABE announced the n...
An emergency phone app, designed to help college students and parents keep informed when the student is faced with an emergency, is becoming available at local universities.umergencyapp.com.
Umergency...
WETHERSFIELD - Newtown Board of Education Chair Michelle Embree Ku was named as an area director for the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) on December 21, when CABE announced the n...
The voters spoke, loud and clear that they support our schools and municipal services. The majority vote was a mandate to keep delivering well rated education services and keep it" Nicer in Newtown."
Thank you LeReine, for speaking out about this. The list of public servants who are unfairly targeted for abuse just for doing their jobs has been growing. It is a testament to the power of propaganda that otherwise good and well-meaning people can get so emotional as to act out in this way.
While I respect the outcome of the referendum, I’m disappointed by the way this budget was presented and passed. A 6.72% tax increase and a mill rate jump to 28.78 may have been framed as “just a few dollars a day,” but for many families in town — especially those already stretched thin — those “few dollars” add up quickly.
It’s frustrating to see large increases minimized in this way, and I worry that next year we’ll hear, “It’s only a little more than last year,” as if that justifies an ongoing trend of rising taxes. This year’s combined municipal and education budgets total over $141 million — that’s a significant sum.
All of the referendums deserve to be pasted. We have a history of deferring needed maintenance and then paying more years later. These are required to keep our town owned building and roads in working condition.
