Friday, June 29

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jun 29, 2012 12:00 AM

Friday, June 29

Community Thank You Party for Owner-Operators, 4â6 pm, Washington Square, Keating Farms Avenue (within Fairfield Hills), community invited to celebrate and say Farewell to owner-operator bus drivers who have been providing school transportation for Newtown students for 80+ years, e-mail Rosanne Loring for food coordination; RLor83@gmail.com.

St Rose Annual Parish Carnival continues, 6â10:30 pm, St Rose Church grounds, 46 Church Hill Road, rides and carnival games, Kiddie Tent with face painting and coloring, food and more, also Bingo tonight (doors open 5:45, games at 6:30, $17 admission), carnival continues nightly until June 30, proceeds will support parish programs and outreach; 203-426-1014.

Saturday, June 30

VFW Family Picnic, 11 amâ4 pm, VFW Post 308, 18 Tinkerfield Road, Newtown, $20, $30/family ($17, $25 in advance), public invited to enjoy picnic foods, music by Hollester (6 pm), treasure hunt and balloon toss for kids, 50-50 raffle; 203-426-9316.

16th Annual Newtown Historical Society House & Garden Tour: âA New Look At Newtownâs Oldest Places,â 11 amâ5 pm rain or shine, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, $25/advance, $30/day of, six properties with homes and gardens, three more properties with gardens, all open for self-guided tours (maps provided with ticket purchase), hosted by and benefit for historical society, day-of tickets available at Curtiss House until 1:30; 203-426-5937.

Final night of St Rose Annual Parish Carnival, 6â10:30 pm, St Rose Church grounds, 46 Church Hill Road, rides and carnival games, Kiddie Tent with face painting and coloring, food and more, proceeds will support parish programs and outreach; 203-426-1014.

Monday, July 2

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Tuesday, July 3

The Farmers Market at Fairfield Hills, 2â6 pm, Washington Square, Keating Farms Avenue, Connecticut grown heirloom and organic fruits and vegetables, also flowers, baked goods, jams, handcrafts, live music and more, tenth anniversary season continues weekly until mid-October; 203-313-9908.

Lake Lillinonah Authority, 7:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road.

Wednesday, July 4

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Thursday, July 5

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Friday, July 6

Opening night Brighton Beach Memoirs, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Road, $20, $10 ages 10 and under, performances of Neil Simon work by The Town Players of Newtown continue weekends until July 28; 203-270-9144.

Saturday, July 7

Brighton Beach Memoirs, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Road, see July 8 details.

Go Out And Vote April 23

Supporting Our Kids By Supporting Our Schools

Vote Yes On April 23

All I Ask Is That You Think About It

Let Your Voice Be Heard By Voting No, ‘Too High’

Budget should be cut by 20%, spending $2.65 million dollars per every week forever is absolutely unsustainable ! Do everything possible to Vote No on another nonsensical attempt to increase the cost of living ! Taxpayers are honestly just renting their houses from the town, it costs me $40 every night to sleep in my own bed ! Soon it will be cheaper living in a hotel than owning a property in Newtown !

Finance Board Moves $1 Million From Education Budget

I went and complaint to Rosenthall's father that the budget was too high at $80M several years ago, now we are at almost $140M . $2.65 million per week that is ! Fairfield hills should have long been developed by investors money and bring revenue to the town. WE ARE DRIVING OURSELVES OUT OF NEWTOWN by doing this and constantly raising the cost of living. It makes zero sense, any extra budget money gets burned on stupid stuff just so they can ask for more next year. Put an END TO THIS STUPIDITY and CUT THE BUDGET 20%. Everyone will be just fine ! Kids won't get any smarter anyway. That's an honest reality !

Why You Should Not Vote For The BOE Budget

Any common sensical person can do this job at under 100k salary. Way overhyped and overpaid at over $200k annual salary. We as voters have to put an end to this. Not to mention an assistant comes along with this job paid at 190k! What is wrong with you voters?

Melillo Announces Departure To Darien

Honestly, I don't know why anyone would ever vote to increase their taxes and give their money away.

Difficult To Vote For BOE Budget Without Specifics

The entire budget needs to be cut not raised. The proposed budget now would sit that we spend $2.65 million dollars every week. For population of less than 30k people it is absolutely absurd ! You cannot keep driving older folks out of town just to create a revolving door of parents who come here, educate their kids and run away ! There is no need to be paying 190K annual salary to an ASSISTANT to superintendent, not in the best interest of tax payers ! The voting turnout at 9% is ridiculous ! Lobby lawmakers to change the voting by mail, so everyone gets a ballot in the mail and at least 51% of residents vote to approve, otherwise the budget should not be approved if you don't have the majority ! Most folks don't even know when the vote is ! They have taxes bundled with mortgage and don't even know ! We are raising cost of living for everyone and it is absolutely not necessary.

<< Apr 2024 >>
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
31	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	1	2	3	4

Log In

Friday, June 29

Leave a Reply Cancel reply