Friday, February 23

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Feb 15, 2001 12:00 am

Friday, February 23

âAn Evening of Broadway Songs,â 7:30 pm, Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Rd, tickets $10 include entertainment and light refreshments, proceeds will benefit theatre company Musicals at Richter, all ages welcome, program will be repeated February 24; 364-3129.

Saturday, February 24

Disorganized Crime, interactive dinner theatre by New York Dinner Theatre, at Fireside Inn, 123 Main St So/Rte 25, Newtown, $49.95 incl show, dinner and all gratuities, call for start time; 800/383-6080.

Sunday, February 25

Auditions for Oscar Wildeâs An Ideal Husband, 2-4 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, future production by The Town Players has roles for six men and six women, call for details or if inclement weather, auditions continue February 26 (7-9 pm); 426-9850.

Jacques Thibaud String Trio concert, 3 pm, Edmond Town Hall theatre, 45 Main Street, tickets $14, $12 seniors, children free with ticket-holding adult, unique interpretation of works of Beethoven, Dohnanyi and Mozart by Berlin-based trio is sponsored by Newtown Friends of Music, reception follows; 426-6470.

Monday, February 26

Commission on Aging, 5:30 pm, multipurpose center, Riverside Road, Sandy Hook.

Newtown Property Owners Association, 7 pm, Newtown High School lecture hall, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook, public forum on transportation.

Auditions for Oscar Wildeâs An Ideal Husband, 7-9 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, future production by The Town Players has roles for six men and six women, call for details or if inclement weather; 426-9850.

Newtown Pension Committee, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Board of Fire Commissioners, 7:30 pm, Botsford Firehouse, South Main Street, Botsford.

Tuesday, February 27

Garden Club of Newtown meeting, 1 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, 1 pm (membersâ business meeting begins at noon), free and open to non-members, program by master gardener Cheri Kendall on orchid culture basics, what to look for when buying an orchid, keeping orchids healthy, etc; 270-1108.

Free assistance with preparing income tax returns, 1 to 4:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

43rd Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, 5-7:30 pm, St Johnâs Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue, admission adults $6.50, $3.50 ages 4-11, free age 4 and under, dinner of pancakes, homemade corned beef hash or sausage, applesauce & beverage, all are welcome; 426-3112.

Public Building and Site Commission, 6:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Wednesday, February 28

ASH WEDNESDAY

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown meeting, 1:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free and open to non-members, program on painting with oil to be presented by SCAN president Melody Asbury; 426-6654.

Housatonic Area Regional Transit (HART) board of directors, 4 pm, HART business office, 62 Federal Road, Danbury.

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, town land use office, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Thursday, March 1

Persons With Disabilities Committee, 5:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall old courtroom, 45 Main Street.

Charter Revision Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, town land use office, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Â âThe Bat Lady Returns,â The Sierra Club/Housatonic Valley chapter meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown Congregational Church House, 41-A Main St, free (non-members welcome), return appearance and program by Geraldine Griswold Greb-Lasky with live bats and stories about them; 723-7208, 775-9644.

Saturday, March 3

Open House at Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 10 am, 40 Dodgingtown Road, meet teachers and experience classroom and play materials unique to Waldorf education, puppet play for children; 364-1113.

First Saturday Pasta Project Dinner, 5-7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $8 adults, $6 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner with choice of sauces, also garlic bread, salad, desserts and soft drinks; 426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45-10:45 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road.

Two Charges For Driver Who Left Scene After Vehicle Struck Dog Twice

Meet The Danbury Hat Tricks At C.H. Booth Library

Newtown's Winter Steeples,’ This Year's Holiday Cover Art

Silver Alert: Katherine Sullivan

Snapshot: Pastor Zach Kinsman

Nobody is suggesting shutting the doors on new neighbors. What neighboring towns are doing, and what we should be doing too, is to tap the brakes on all of the multi-family residential development proposals so that we can spend 6 months updating our regulations such that if you want to build dense residential housing here, XX percent of it needs to be affordable (we will never make any headway on increasing our percentage of affordable housing otherwise, short of 8-30g), and the rest needs to be done in as low an impact manner as possible. Low impact on traffic, health & safety, the environment and on the cost of town services.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

Hey, there you go! Richard solved it. Thanks, that seems so easy- we'll just get rid of the 2nd amendment and the Supreme Court. Seriously, the 2nd amendment doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The Supreme Court doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The problem is not the tools, but the criminals & the mental illness. The state of Connecticut seems to be focused on the tools, like Richard, while ignoring the users of those tools.

Why Gun Violence Is Higher In The US

Ned, please familarize yourself with 8-30G, and then please share the unique flaws that may be helpful in formulating a denial An 8-30g project can be denied only on very narrow grounds – i.e., if it presents health, safety or other concerns that exceed a town’s need for affordable housing. According to the TOG website, “projects cannot be rejected for incompatibility with a Town’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD); density; traffic congestion; height; aesthetics; concerns of neighbors or the community; and failure to comply with local zoning regulations.” 8-30g proposals are rarely denied by planning and zoning officials because the burden of proof on appeal is on the town. Appeals are costly, but a municipality can be successful in a court case if it has sufficiently established that the concerns leading to denial are factual and substantive.

P&Z Should Reject Vessel Proposal

The town should certainly measure its performance against the statewide strategies. Unless I missed it I only know of one small cluster of homes that would meet the affordable housing program. Given the 500 or so new units being added in the last 10 years I think that 4/500 would not meet the metric to allow for a moratorium. I mean, fingers crossed for a Christmas miracle but I suspect we will see a few 8-30's sent our way in a method to avoid the Nimby mob. Thanks, Nimby mob.

Discusses Affordable Housing

gangs. If I use a firearm in self/home defense, is that gun violence?

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