Parent Connection

By LARISSA LYTWYN

Published: Sep 12, 2003 12:00 am

Parent Connection

Parent Connection is a grassroots organization dedicated to raising awareness concerning substance abuse. The year kicks off with âDare to Discuss Drugs,â a presentation by John Hamilton, Wednesday, September 24, 7 to 9 pm, Newtown Middle School auditorium. Mr Hamilton, a nationally accredited substance abuse expert, will discuss the current trends in usage among young people and things of which parents need to be aware.

Hope Support Group

Support group for parents of children involved with substance abuse. The group meets from 7:30 to 9:30 pm, Mondays, in the Parentsâ Corner. All are welcome!

Momsâ Support Groups Forming Now!

Groups run for 10 weeks by professional staff. Each week a different topic will be discussed. All groups meet in the Parentsâ Corner of NYS. There is a $20 registration fee. (The fee will be waived for whomever this causes a hardship). Please call NYS at 270-4335 to sign up and we will send you a registration form.

Birth To One Year

Tuesdays, 10:30 to 11:30 am (please note change in time) beginning September 16

Moms of Babies

12 To 18 Months

Thursdays, 10:30 to 11:30 am (please note change in time) beginning September 18

Working Moms Group

Second Saturday of the month, 10 to 11 am, September 13 and October 11

Moms of Multiples

Meets Bi-Monthly, call for dates and times.

4-H Garden Hours

Please call for new hours.

Job Bank

Are you 13 or older? Looking for a summer job or a part-time position to carry you through the school year? The Newtown Youth Services Job Bank is open to you! Newtown residents call NYS looking for a person to fill a particular job. Our Job Bank coordinator checks their files and matches a student with a patron. All you need to do is fill out an application form, which is available at NYS or we can mail one to you and you are on your way to employment.

All programs will take place at Newtown Youth Services, 41-A Main Street, unless otherwise noted. To register or for further information, call 270-4335.

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How do you propose tapping the brakes, Dave? 8-30g already trumps any local regulations- you don't have a brake pedal to push. Brookfield, Trumbull and now Ridgefield have a clear case for a moratorium based on the development (thanks to 8-30g) that has already occurred. I don't see a clear case for Newtown to request a moratorium... yet.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

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.

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

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