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Fire Reports | February 2-8, 2022

Published: Feb 14, 2022 6:00 am

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:

Wednesday, February 2: 8:03 am, medical assist, Butterfield Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:41 am, service call, Hawleyville Road/Barnabas, Hawleyville covered.

Thursday, February 3: 1:12 am, motor vehicle accident (MVA) with injury, I-84 East between Exits 9 and 10, Hawleyville responded; 4:56 pm, wires burning/arcing, Cold Spring Road/Kay Lane, Botsford responded; 9:44 pm, fire alarm, Silver City Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 11:09 pm, fire alarm, Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded.

Friday, February 4: 7:58 am, wires burning/arcing, Alder Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 2:21 pm, service call, Julia Court, Sandy Hook covered; 7:52 pm, MVA with injury, I-84 West between Exits 9 and 8, Hawleyville responded.

Saturday, February 5: 12:29 am, MVA with injury, Old Green Road, Sandy Hook responded; 8:12 am, fire alarm, Toddy Hill Road, Hook & Ladder, Botsford, and Sandy Hook responded; 5:05 pm, fire alarm, Longview Road, Sandy Hook responded; 8:03 pm, service call, Covered Bridge, Hawleyville covered.

Sunday, February 6: 3:39 am, medical assist, Louis Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 8:46 am, MVA with injury, Currituck/Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 12:58 pm, fire alarm, South Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:37 pm, smoke/odor investigation, Sunset Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:37 pm, smoke/odor investigation, Great Hill Road, Hawleyville responded.

Monday, February 7: 1:39 pm, fire alarm, Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 8:05 pm, smoke/odor investigation, Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded.

Tuesday, February 8: 11:29 am, fire alarm, South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 6:44 pm, smoke/odor investigation, Botsford Lane, Botsford responded.

Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue members check two of three vehicles involved in a collision around 7:30 am Tuesday, February 1, that partially closed Church Hill Road and sent two people to the hospital to be checked for injuries. According to police, Molly A. Connors, 17, of Sandy Hook, operating a 2018 Volvo S60 Premier (above right) south on Walnut Tree Hill Road, had stopped for the stop sign at the intersection with Church Hill Road. Ben R. Plaue, 16, of Newtown, operating a 2018 Nissan Rogue S (left), was traveling east on Church Hill Road near Walnut Tree Hill Road, and Lisa A. Cascella, 54, operating a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox was traveling westbound on Church Hill and was stopped at Walnut Tree Hill Road for a red traffic signal. Connors turned left onto Church Hill Road, failing to grant right of way to the oncoming Nissan. As a result, the front passenger side of the Volvo and the front end of the Nissan collided, causing disabling damage to both vehicles. The front of the Volvo then struck the front door of the Chevy. Cascella and a passenger both reported possible injuries and were transported to a hospital by Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. A paramedic and Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue also responded to the crash. Connors, her passenger, and Plaue were each checked but did not have reported injuries. The Volvo and Nissan were towed; the Chevy was driven away from the scene. Connors was issued a citation for making an improper turn: failure to grant right of way. —Bee Photo, Hicks

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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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