Joan (Wright) Weber, 95, of Stratford, beloved wife of the late Raymond Smith who died in battle during World War II, and the late Edward Weber, died October 9, with her daughter and caregiver, Sandra...
Belinda (Coté) Robertson, 67, of Milford and previously of Stratford, beloved wife of the late Jessup Bruce Robertson, died October 9 in Milford. She was born August 26, 1950, in Lincoln, Maine, daugh...
Jane M. Pierwola, 72, of Newtown died October 10 at Danbury Hospital after a long illness. She was born July 24, 1945, in Bridgeport, daughter of the late Marjorie Quinn Koerner and Philip J. Koerner....
Amelia Ann Grasso, 80, of Vernon, Conn., died peacefully on the night of October 10, at Hartford Hospital. She was born September 25, 1937, in Newark, N.J., the daughter of Teresa Guarino and...
Grace Joyce Montague Davis, 87, of Port Charlotte, Fla., beloved wife of the late Louis W. Davis, died September 22, with her family by her side. Born in Bridgeport, she lived in Fairfield for 50 year...
William McDonald "Bill" Edelen, 83, a 36-year resident of Newtown, died peacefully at the Danbury Regional Hospice. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Mary Ann McDonald and Cloyd Chambers Edelen on May 9...
Helen Pritz Szamotula, 87, of Sandy Hook died peacefully October 8 at Connecticut Hospice of Branford, surrounded by her loving family. Her loved ones say God took her to heaven after a long and coura...
Melissa L. (Scheibel) Miller, 47, former Newtown resident, died October 6 at Regional Hospice of Danbury, while in the presence of her loving husband. She was born on May 19, 1970, in Bridgeport, daug...
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.
