Friday, January 13

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 13, 2006 12:00 am

Friday, January 13

Fairfield Hills Authority, 10 am, Fairfield Hills security building.

Monday, January 16

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY

Blood Drive, 8:30 amâ6:15 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, blood drive will add to supplies for American Red Cross, appointments available; 800-GIVE-LIFE (800-448-3543).

Tuesday, January 17

Board of Selectmen, 5:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

RIS 5th Grade Band Winter Concert, blue house performance begins at 6:45 pm, green house at 7:45, Reed Intermediate School, 4 Trades Lane, snow date January 31; 270-4880, 426-7646.

Economic Development Commission, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.

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

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

Wednesday, January 18

Queen Street Area Traffic Study Advisory Committee, 9 am, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Borough Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

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

Newtown Meals on Wheels annual meeting, 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library meeting room, 25 Main Street; 426-3651.

Thursday, January 19

Open House & Curriculum Night, 6:30 pm, The Fraser-Woods School, 173 South Main Street, free event for parents interested in meeting staff, seeing facility, and learning about curriculum available for toddler through middle school age students, reservations requested; 426-3390 extension 305.

Â RIS 6th Grade Band Winter Concerts, blue house performance begins 6:45 pm, green house at 7:45, Reed Intermediate School, 4 Trades Lane, snow date January 26; 270-4880, 426-7646.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7 pm, town offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Just Friends, 7â9 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, social group for widows and widowers (not a bereavement support group); 426-7886.

Flagpole Photographers meeting, 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, free and open to all photographers, members will compete with âTexture â Printsâ images; 270-8576.

Friday, January 20

Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority, 10:30 am, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road.

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials (HVCEO), 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall.

Saturday, January 21

Pre-Prom Fashion Show, 7:30 pm, Newtown High School auditorium, 12 Berkshire Road, admission $5, members of NHS Peer Leadership group will model formal fashions, all proceeds to benefit Kevinâs Community Center; 426-7646.

Sunday, January 22

Open house, 1â3 pm, St Rose Parochial School, 40 Church Hill Road, meet teachers and faculty, learn about curriculum and programs available for preschool and grades Kâ8; 426-5102.

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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