45 Main Street

By KIM HARMON

Published: Oct 07, 2005 12:00 am

45 Main Street

Newtown, CT 06470

PHONE: 270-4340; FAX: 270-4333

www.newtown-ct.gov

Trips being offered this fall include the Radio City Christmas show on Thursday, December 8, and Berkshire Railroad, The Foliage Express, Meadowlands Flea Market, Macyâs Balloons and a new musical, Wicked. For further information go to our web site or stop by and pick up a brochure.

The 18th annual Kite Contest will be held on October 2 at 12 noon at Ramâs Pasture. Come fly your kite.

Halloween parties for little ghosts, goblins and witches up to eight years old will be held on October 27, 4 to 5 pm, at the Dickinson Park pavilion. And also Halloween parties for Grades 5 and 6 will be held on Friday, October 14, at the Newtown Teen Center and for Grades 7 and 8 will be held on Friday, October 28, at the Newtown Teen Center. Tickets are on sale now for $7 per child.

The 13th annual Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot will be held on Saturday, November 19. Win a turkey just in time for Thanksgiving. The fee is $10 per team (a team consists of an adult and child).

And letâs not forget Breakfast with Santa on December 10 at 9 am in the Newtown Middle School cafeteria.

A must for all families: a Family Safety Course will be held on Saturday, October 9, 10 am to 11 am, at the Reed Intermediate School cafetorium. The fee is $30 per family. This program is dedicated to promoting safety and self defense by non-violent means. The class will be run by James Cobb of Aikibudokan of CT.

Parks and Recreation is looking for any donation of field hockey equipment such as balls, sticks, shin guards or goalie equipment. You can drop items off at the Parks and Recreation office between 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.

Please note that Kidsfit Gymnastics classes are being held on Tuesdays (not Thursdays) and Fridays, 12:30 and 1:30, for children ages 3 to 6 years old.

Fourth Annual Sip ‘N Shop Enjoyed By Many

BOE Listens To Fall Sports Update At Meeting

Ram Pasture Hosts 40th Annual Tree Lighting Celebration

Ram Pasture Tree Lighting Donations Continue

‘Songs Of The Glorious Season’

Performed By Newtown Choral Society

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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