Monday, January 12

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Jan 09, 2009 12:00 am

Monday, January 12

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

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

Â âWindow on Victorian Newtown: 19th Century Local Photography,â 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free, annual lecture by Town Historian Dan Cruson will cover photo styles used in 19th Century, how to date them, how historical societies use them, etc; 426-5937.

Tuesday, January 13

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

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

RIS 6th Grade Chorus & Orchestra Winter Concert, 7 pm, Reed School, 3 Trades Lane, snow date January 27; 270-4880.

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane.

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

Lake Lillinonah Authority, 7:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road.

Wednesday, January 14

Hawley Elementary School Chorus Winter Concert, 7 pm, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, snow date January 15; 426-7646.

âMedieval Genealogy,â 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free, genealogy fellow Timothy Field Beard will deliver this monthâs program, hosted by Newtown Genealogy Club, all welcome; 270-7887.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Oil painting demonstration, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free program by Charles Ray hosted by Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN); 798-0560.

Thursday, January 15

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road.

Â âAge-Related Eye Conditions and Risk Factors,â 6:30 pm, The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, free informational program just in time for National Eye Care Month, reservations requested; 426-8118.

Middle Gate Elementary School Chorus Winter Concert, 7 pm, Middle Gate School, 12 Cold Spring Road, snow date January 20; 426-7662.

Evensong Service Celebrated With Choral Society At Trinity Church

Author Leslie Connor Visits Reed Intermediate School

Newtown Bridle Lands Association Holds Jingle Bell Ride

NHS Dance Team Ready To Go For More Championships

BOE Listens To Fall Sports Update At Meeting

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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