Thursday, January 1, 2009

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 02, 2009 12:00 am

NEW YEARâS DAY

Friday, January 2

Second Annual Twelfth Night Celebration, 7:30 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, free Renaissance-theme celebration will include music, dance, dramatic readings, ceremonial carrying in of boarâs head and selection of king and queen, costumes encouraged, reception to follow; 426-9024, 426-6470.

Saturday, January 3

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5â7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner with salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45â10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $4 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see listing above), $5 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-9998.

Monday, January 5

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Tuesday, January 6

Lake Zoar Authority, 7 pm, Southbury Town Hall, 501 Main Street South.

Design Advisory Board, 7 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Police Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Wednesday, January 7

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, January 8

Regional Recycling Task Force, 10:30 am, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road

Water & Sewer Authority, 7 pm, sewage treatment plant office building, 24 Commerce Road.

Fairfield Hills Authority, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Sunday, January 11

Opening reception for âTwo Generations of Artists,â 2â4 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, opening for exhibition of quilts by Mary Eddy (âThe Jelly Bean Quilterâ) and dry brush paintings by her father, Benjamin Palagonia; 426-4533.

Monday, January 12

RIS 5th Grade Chorus & Orchestra Winter Concert, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane, snow date January 26; 270-4880.

Fourth Annual Sip ‘N Shop Enjoyed By Many

BOE Listens To Fall Sports Update At Meeting

Ram Pasture Hosts 40th Annual Tree Lighting Celebration

Ram Pasture Tree Lighting Donations Continue

‘Songs Of The Glorious Season’

Performed By Newtown Choral Society

Half right. The other half wrong (and left).

Why Gun Violence Is Higher In The US

I want to clarify something that was not clear in my letter. Newtown DOES have an affordable housing plan, put together with the aid of the Council of Governments (COG) in 2022 and approved by the LC that year. The strategies in that plan are to "encourage", "support", "explore", "promote" various aspects of state and local affordable housing programs. Those strategies are largely repeated in the Housing Chapter of the Plan of Conservation and Development being finalized now. Newtown needs to measure its performance against those strategies and refine them to reflect the current situation and evaluate whether we are eligible for a moratorium on 8-30(g) projects if we have met the criteria. It's a question of being more specific and more rigorous in what we as a community would like to see to address this real and serious need, rather than to be on our heels when a developer proposes a project on their terms. An independent look outside the application process would be best for that. Thank you. Peter.

Discusses Affordable Housing

I on Glover Ave. walk my two Labs every morning and evening. Drivers are constantly cutting me off at the shopping center entrance and other driveways. There is no understanding of pedestrians rights. Drives make left turns onto Queen when its forbidden. Most cars cruse right thru the crosswalks without stopping for pedestrians. The Police have not issued one citation nor even a warming for crosswalk violations. The situation is out of control and now a loved resident, Pete, and a pet, Coby have been killed. Time for a plan. The problem is not Intersections, nor traffic, the problem 98s drivers and lack of enforcement. The plan need to create a culture that drivers obey speed limits and honor pedestrians right of ways. Isn't that the job of the Police Department and The Police Commission, to protect Newtowns citizens. This is a call to action.

Unidentified Driver Sought After Fatally Striking Dog And Leaving Scene

Its already too late, the Nimby mob have scared developers so that their only option is to use the state wide 8-30 exemption to get around the local zoning board. Thanks Nimby mob.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

Ya gotta pay more to live in a Blue state and subsidize the 'affordable' folks.

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