Newtown’s Public Building Committee glumly assessed Tuesday night that additional work which may be needed at Town Hall South to complete the renovation project could cost $40,000 or more, with only a small part of that available in already appropriated funds.

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A resident of Mile Hill South Road sees a “double standard” in use of town vehicles involving First Selectman Jack Rosenthal’s use of his automobile, and to seek a clarification said he will file a complaint with the town’s Board of Ethics.

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New Parks and Recreation Director, William Davis, got both feet wet Tuesday night, September 9, as the commission wrestled with the ongoing matters of park problems and youth activities, as well as such questions as who should maintain town playing fields and what happens to the acting parks and recreation director.

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Most people may not know what fascinates them about walking through a cemetery and reading tombstone inscriptions, but according to anthropology teacher Daniel Cruson, the Puritans knew what they were doing. Mr Cruson, who gave the gravestone talk at the Newtown Historical Society’s meeting Monday, September 8, at the Cyrenius Booth Library, said Puritans wanted to remind man that he was mortal and that everything he did was predetermined as a preparation for salvation.

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The Newtown Bees touch football team will open its 1980 New Milford Touch Football league season this Sunday, the 7th, at Young’s Field in New Milford against Fin & Claw at 10 am. Last year, Newtown won the regular season league championship, but lost the playoff title game.

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School at Newtown High was delayed for three hours Thursday morning and the northeast quadrant of the town, including most of Sandy Hook, was without electricity after a tractor trailer truck caught the overhead electric and phone wires extending from a telephone pole in front of the high school, snapping the pole.

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This week Newtowners are welcoming a new family to the community. The Bunleut family of Cambodia arrived here on Tuesday, September 9, through the efforts of a small, yet effective grassroots organization. Students at Newtown High School and students at Staples High School are trying to organize groups to get involved in helping the family get settled.

September 16, 1955

One hundred and 64 new voters were added to the town voters’ list last Saturday, September 10, by the town clerk and the selectmen, meeting as a joint board at Edmond Town Hall. With 99 names added in the session of Saturday, August 27, it is likely that the registered voters list, being compiled by the Registrars of Voters, will reach a new high for the town.

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It is a pleasure to welcome the Newtown Chamber of Commerce to the life of the town, formal organization and election of officers having been completed this week. Its purpose is “to promote the commercial, industrial, civic, and general welfare of the town.”

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 A special town meeting to consider and act upon the creation of a Town Planning Commission, pursuant to Chapter 45 of the General Statutes, Revision of 1949, has been called by Selectmen Anthony Amaral and Edward E. Knapp for next Friday, September 23, at 8 pm at Edmond Town Hall.

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 A good percentage of Newtown’s young people, graduated from the local high school in June, are continuing their educations in colleges and universities throughout the country, some of them entering professional training. The exodus began last week and will continue until later in the month.

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A mutual interest in the many phases of gardening resulted in the formation of a new garden club in Newtown at a meeting held last Friday afternoon, September 9, in the Cyrenius Booth Library. By popular vote, the group adopted the name of the Garden Club of Newtown.

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The omission of two important items totaling $52,000 from the selectman’s budget for the 195-1956 fiscal year, as advertised in The Bee last week and reviewed by the Board of Finance at the public hearing Tuesday night, came to light following the hearing. The two missing items, amortization and interest on the $64,000 bond issue for the Sandy Hook elementary school, were thereupon added to the budget.

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The St Rose Building Fund Campaign, with a minimum goal of $60,000 to help defray the costs of the proposed St Rose School, was announced at all Masses at St Rose Church last Sunday, September 11, by the Rev Walter R Conroy, pastor. The new eight-room school will be located on Church Hill Road.

 

September 12, 1930

  The patronage at the super-miniature golf course on lower Main street, in the Borough, continues excellent. On Tuesday night, ladies’ night at this course and Thursday night, the men’s night when the 16 players having the lowest scores will contest for the handsome cups offered as prizes.

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 C. Abadessa & Bro., contractors for the first unit of the new Fairfield State hospital, have begun operations on the excavation work. One steam shovel has started operations and another will follow in a few days.

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BIG ALL-STAR CAST IN “FREE AND EASY” AT EDMOND TOWN HALL, SATURDAY NIGHT. Edward Sedgwick directs comedy satire of talkie studios. What is alleged to be the largest collection of screen celebrities ever to be used in a talking comedy will be seen at the Edmond Town hall theater on Saturday night, where Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s satire of Hollywood studio life, “Free and Easy” will be shown.

Ever since August 22 when the beautiful Edmond Town hall was given to Newtown, there has been growing an insistent desire on the part of its citizens to show their appreciation of this gift by placing in the Memorial room of this hall a portrait of its donor. Many summer residents are as eager to have a share in this memorial as are the all year round residents.

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The Board of Trustees of the Newtown Savings Bank, at its meeting on Wednesday, declared a regular dividend of 2½ percent and a special anniversary dividend of ½ percent, making total dividend of three percent for the six months payable October 1, 1930. This makes a total of six percent paid for the year 1930.

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Contractor T.F. Brew is making extensive alterations on the residence of Miss Sophie Treadwell of Brushy Hill, rebuilding the veranda and making other improvements.

September 15, 1905

Dr J.W. Melbourne’s wire-haired Irish terrier dog captured the first prize at the Orange fair, last week. The writer complimented the dog by telling the doctor it was the homeliest dog he had ever seen, which did not make the doctor feel very happy.

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Fred Wildman, who lives near Botsford Deport, had 30 hens stolen from his hen house, one night last week.

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Thomas O. Murphy of Botsford is a good shot with a rifle. He has killed near his home in the past few days a large gray fox, a weasel and a large hen hawk, all of which were after his poultry.

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H.C. Fairchild, president of the Ozone Soap Co. of Bridgeport, and Charles Morgan, superintendent of the Ozone Soap making department, took a ride in their automobile up to Hattertown, Sunday, to inhale some of Newtown’s pure ozone.

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Ex-Senator S.P. Glover will erect on the site of the Postoffice block in Sandy Hook, a neat building, 22 x 40 feet, to be used for postoffice and library purposes. The building will be shingled on the sides, one story.