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Fire Reports, January 14-20, 2016

Published: Jan 21, 2016 12:00 am

The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:

Thursday, January 14: 12:08 pm, wires down, Platts Hill Road, Botsford responded.

Friday, January 15: 9:11 am, motor vehicle accident, intersection of Castle Hill Road and West Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 12:25 pm, alarm, 14 High Bridge Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded.

Saturday, January 16: 4:01 pm, alarm, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded.

Sunday, January 17: 12:35 pm, alarm, 15 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 5:11 pm, alarm, 46 Old Green Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Monday, January 18: 12:39 pm, alarm, 5 Turnberry Lane, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded; 1:21 pm, wires down, near 109 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded (photo at right); 10:54 pm, alarm, 6 Brookwood Drive, Dodgingtown responded.

Tuesday, January 19: 9:53 am, motor vehicle accident, near 93 Toddy Hill Road, Botsford responded; 2:14 pm, medical assist, Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded.

Wednesday, January 20: 11:34 am, open locked door, 7 Monitor Hill Road, Botsford responded; 12:34 pm, alarm, 38 Taunton Hill Road, Hawleyville and Dodgingtown responded; 3:09 pm, hazardous condition, Main Street flagpole intersection, Hook & Ladder responded; 8:20 pm, alarm, 21 Marlin Road, Botsford responded.

Approximately 145 Eversource customers lost power for a few hours on Monday, January 18, when an aging tree fell onto utility wires and then across Berkshire Road shortly after 1 pm. Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue was dispatched to the scene following calls from motorists reporting the eastbound lane of Berkshire/Route 34 was blocked. Upon arrival, firefighters deemed the roadway fully closed to through traffic. No vehicles were caught under the tree, however, and no injuries were reported. Westbound traffic was diverted over Zoar Road, while eastbound traffic was sent down Sherman Street to get around the scene. Eversource arrived quickly, and crews were able to work on repairing equipment while firefighters began working on clearing the debris from the roadway. Alternating lanes of traffic were eventually allowed past the work zone while Eversource crews continued their work. The roadway was fully reopened by 4 pm.

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You are correct, Bruce. I know how hard these plans are to put together, but I still believe that we can have more definitive and measurable goals. I know there are a number of units coming online, and the community truly needs them. If only we can move the development of affordable housing to more of a partnership between the community and the developers than the adversarial tug-of-war it seems to be now, that would be good progress.

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Here is the plan Newtown signed on to. https://westcog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Final-Newtown-Affordable-Housing-Annex_2022.pdf

I agree, but we need to make sure they are pedestrian activated. The ones on Glover were supposed to be by order of the Police Commission, but the ones installed by Public Works were the cheaper flashing light. A couple of extra dollars are worth the lives it can save.

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We have been doing the planning work. The State of Connecticut mandates every municipality to develop an affordable housing plan under C.G.S. §8-30j by June 1, 2022, to specify how they “intend to increase the number of affordable housing developments in the municipality.” In lieu of all eighteen municipalities in the Western Connecticut Region duplicating efforts to research, document and analyze affordable housing, the Council of Governments decided to work collectively by splitting the work into two parts: Regional Toolbox Specific, Policy Driven Municipal Annexes.

Great Idea. We used a similar process when Pat Llodra wanted input on Fairfield Hills. very useful.

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