Politics

Newtown Residents Vote to Accept State Money to Demolish, Rebuild Sandy Hook Elementary

4504-558 in largest turnout since 2008 election

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Voters turned out Saturday to accept a $49.25 million state appropriation to demolishSandy Hook Elementary School and design and construct a new school on the Dickinson Drive site.

The state money will also fund buying two parcels of adjacent land for a new entrance to the school.