Saturday, January 9

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 08, 2010 12:00 am

Saturday, January 9

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5â7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3.50 children; 203-426-9998.

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, bluegrass and folk music, refreshments; 203-426-9998.

Monday, January 11

American Red Cross Blood Drive, 8:30 amâ6:15 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, appointments available, walk-ins welcome; 800-GIVE-LIFE (800-448-3543).

RIS 5th Grade Global Music & Orchestra Winter Concert, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane (snow date January 25).

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Town Historianâs Annual Lecture: âConnecticutâs Valley Forge,â 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free program by Dan Cruson will look at recent discovers at Putnam Park, Redding, hosted by Newtown Historical Society; 203-426-5937.

Tuesday, January 12

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Newtown Meals On Wheels, Inc annual meeting, 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library board room, 25 Main Street.

RIS 6th Grade Global Music & Orchestra Winter Concert, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane (snow date January 26).

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Borough Board of Burgesses, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Wednesday, January 13

Borough Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

âUsing Special Schedules of the US Census for Genealogy,â 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free presentation by genealogy expert Nora Galvin will be hosted by The Genealogy Club of Newtown, all welcome; 203-270-7887.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free pastel still life demo by Joel Spector, all welcome; 203-426-6654.

Ad Hoc Tick-Borne Disease Action Committee, 8 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, January 14

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

Middle Gate Chorus Winter Concert, 7:30 pm, Middle Gate Elementary School, 12 Cold Spring Road (snow date January 19).

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

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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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