The Newtown Rotary Foundation has established the Newtown Rotary Utility Relief Fund to provide resources to Newtown families and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Work on power lines in Newtown and the area is planned for the period of June 24 through July 4.
The aerial construction will be done from a helicopter. The company that has been contracted to do the ...
Hours after the end of the 2019-20 school year, Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue told the Board of Education during its June 16 meeting that it was a relatively quiet end of the year.
The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved 11 programs being hosted by nine local nonprofit agencies under the state’s Neighborhood Assistance Act (NAA) during a June 1 meeting.
A Rally 4 Change event gathered “allies” at Edmond Town Hall on June 20. A more in-depth story on the event will be in the June 26 print edition of the paper.
Following two queries by The Newtown Bee, Governor Ned Lamont through his press liaison declined to comment on a publicly accessible database of “Connecticut Protests for Racial Justice” that is avail...
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.
