Friday, April 6

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Apr 06, 2007 12:00 am

Friday, April 6

GOOD FRIDAY

Annual Easter Flower Sale, 10 amâ4 pm, Sandy Hook Firehouse, Riverside Road, Easter flowers and plants sold by Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Ladies Auxiliary, sale continues April 7.

Saturday, April 7

Annual Easter Flower Sale, 10 amâ4 pm, Sandy Hook Firehouse, Riverside Road, see April 6 details.

Opening day for 37th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale, 10 amâ8 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, free admission, juried presentation of 150 works of fine art and sculpture by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will be open daily (except April 8) through April 15; 203-758-9166 (show chairman 203-758-9166).

Easter Egg Hunt, 1â3 pm, Treadwell Park, Philo Curtis Road, all invited for Easter egg hunts, candy, prizes, and visits with Easter Bunny, presented by Grace Christian Fellowship; 270-1005.

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5â7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner with salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45â10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Rd, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see listing above), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-9998.

Sunday, April 8

EASTER

Monday, April 9

37th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale continues, 10 amâ8 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, free admission (see April 7 details), through April 15; 203-758-9166 (show chairman, 203-758-9166).

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

âThe Myths and Misconceptions of David Bushnell and The American Turtle,â 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free lecture by Joseph Leary will cover Americaâs earliest submarines, including myths and misconceptions; 426-5937.

Tuesday, April 10

NewtownREADS book discussion, 1 pm, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, free, discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird will be led by retired teacher Gordon Williams, open to all; 426-4533 (library).

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

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

Design Advisory Board, 6:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Charter Revision Commission, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

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.

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

Wednesday, April 11

Borough Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

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

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free and open to nonmembers, watercolor portrait demo by Janice Baragwanath; 426-6654.

Genealogy Club of Newtown meeting, 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free (nonmembers welcome), program by professional genealogist Vicki Welsh, who specializes in people of color and native New England; 426-3889.

Thursday, April 12

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Newtown High School Auditorium, 12 Berkshire Road, public hearing on proposed revisions to the Fairfield Hills Master Plan.

Water and Sewer Authority, 7:30 pm, sewage treatment plant offices, end of Commerce Road.

Friday, April 13

Final weekend for 37th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show & Sale, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, free admission, final weekend for juried presentation of 150 works of fine art and sculpture by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will be open daily (except April 8) through April 15; 203-758-9166 (show chairman, 203-758-9166).

Sunday, April 15

Final day and Awards Reception for SCAN Spring Juried Show, show open 1â5 pm (reception 2â4), C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, awards ceremony for artists participating in show that has been on view since April 7 (see April 13 details).

Counterpoint in concert, 4 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, suggested donation $20, a cappella performance of choral music by Vermont-based professional chamber ensemble will include performance by The Trinity Choristers (Trinityâs boysâ and girlsâ choir) during two songs, gala reception to follow concert; 426-9070.

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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