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Help Make The Holidays Brighter

Published: Nov 21, 2017 12:00 AM

To the Editor:newtownfund@gmail.com. Send your tax-deductible contributions to The Newtown Fund, PO Box 641, Newtown CT 06470.

It's hard to believe the holidays are here. The Newtown Fund needs your help to make the holidays brighter for our neighbors in need. Please consider "adopting a family" as part of The Newtown Fund's annual Holiday Basket Program.

The Newtown Fund provides food and gifts to Newtown families who qualify for assistance. We expect to be helping over 75 families this year, and volunteer participants are needed to "adopt a family" and buy individual gifts, food, or gift certificates. If you can't "adopt a family," please consider making a monetary contribution or donating unwrapped gifts.

Food and gifts will be collected at Fraser Woods School on Friday, December 15, between 6 pm and 8 pm, or Saturday, December 16, between 7 am and 9 am. To volunteer, contact Alison Kistner at

Thank you in advance for your generosity and kindness.

Linda Bates

President, The Newtown Fund

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Encouraging. The town budget squeaks by but the school budget got dinged. Let the games begin.

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The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).

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