The Newtown Registrars of Voters Office has released detailed on-site voting criteria for the August 11 primary — and has received clearance to conduct all primary polling in three separate, accessible locations at Newtown High School.
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New research published in the Child Youth Services Review sheds light on the victim families’ experiences after the mass shootings at Sandy Hook School.
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps:
Thursday, June 25: 3:55 pm, sick...
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, June 25: 1:17 pm, brush fire, I-84 W...
With the release of the state’s plan to reopen schools in the fall, Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue shared that Newtown’s plan is in progress.
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.
