Although independent reading cannot substitute for teaching decoding, it improves reading comprehension and the habit of reading. Independent reading is children's reading of text â such as books, magazines, and newspapers â on their own, with minimal to no assistance from adults. It can consist of reading done in or out of school, including purely voluntary reading for enjoyment or assigned reading for homework.
From the late 17th to early 18th centuries, several new towns were incorporated in western Connecticut and added to Fairfield County, namely Danbury (1687), Ridgefield (1709), Newtown (1711), and New Fairfield (1740). In 1751, Litchfield County was constituted, taking over the town of Woodbury.
The car tax generates $700 million a year in revenue statewide for municipalities. In Danbury, car taxes generate $10 million a year in local revenue, while Bridgeport collects $27 million with the tax. It wasn't a fully thought-out proposal and there's a reason why people over the last 25 years have not come up with a solution for the motor vehicle tax: There's a lot of municipal revenue at stake, said Finley, a member of a subcommittee of Sharkey's commission on the matter.