Newtown High School’s Unified Theater program is set to perform an original show called “Forward to the Past” this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, January 14-15.
Superintendent of Schools Chris Melillo is set to present his proposed 2023-24 budget to the Board of Education at its scheduled Tuesday, January 17, meeting.
Ingersoll Auto of Danbury Owner Todd Ingersoll visited Head O’ Meadow Elementary School to make a special donation to the Newtown Education Foundation on the evening of December 21.
A fourth grader at Middle Gate Elementary School and a Reed Intermediate School fifth grade student are being celebrated as the local winners of the 2022-23 Connecticut Fire Prevention Poster Recognition Program.
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.
