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Fire Reports | September 28–October 5, 2021

Published: Oct 11, 2021 6:00 am

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:

Tuesday, September 28: 10:38 pm, tree/wires down, John Beach Road, Hook & Ladder responded.

Wednesday, September 29: 12:45 pm, tree/wires down, Whippoorwill Hill, Hawleyville responded.

Thursday, September 30: 8:23 am, wires burning/arcing, Black Bridge Road, Sandy Hook responded; 1:17 pm, tree/wires down, Nutmeg Lane/Bradley Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 8:46 pm, motor vehicle accident (MVA) with injury, I-84 West Exit 9 on ramp, Hawleyville responded.

Friday, October 1: 6:36 am, residential fire alarm (RFA), Lakeview Terrace Extension, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded; 8:14 am, medical assist, Cobblers Mill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 6:09 pm, MVA with injury, I-84 East between Exits 10 and 11, Sandy Hook responded; 6:35 pm, gas leak, Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:13 pm, MVA with injury, I-84 East between Exits 11 and 13, Sandy Hook responded.

Saturday, October 2: 11:43 am, MVA with injury, Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 2:36 pm, outside fire, Dinglebrook Lane, Hook & Ladder responded.

Sunday, October 3: 4:21 am, CO alarm, Washington Avenue, Sandy Hook responded; 9:02 am, service call, Main Street/Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder covered; 10:11 am, commercial fire alarm (CFA), Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 12:37 pm, medical assist, Great Quarter Road, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 6:32 pm, service call, Main Street/Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder covered; 7:48 pm, medical assist, Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville responded; 9:19 pm, RFA, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 11:16 pm, medical assist, North Branch Road, Botsford responded; 11:28 pm, CO alarm, Huntingtown Road, Botsford responded.

Monday, October 4: 6:27 am, RFA, Mountain Manor Road, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded 7:19 am, MVA with injury, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded; 5:53 pm, MVA with injury, South Main Street/Meadowbrook Road, Botsford responded; 7:06 pm, CFA, Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville, Hook & Ladder, and Sandy Hook responded; 7:47 pm, gas leak, Toddy Hill Road, Botsford, Hook & Ladder, and Sandy Hook responded; 11:26 pm, MVA with injury, Rochambeau Bridge, Sandy Hook responded.

Tuesday, October 5: 3:35 am, CFA, Sugar Street, Dodgingtown responded; 6:57 am, MVA with injury, I-84 West between Exits 13 and 11, Sandy Hook responded; 12:42 pm, MVA with injury, Toddy Hill/Quarry Ridge Road, Sandy Hook responded; 1:09 pm, MVA with injury, South Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded.

A 2012 Toyota Camry being operated by Janet Smolen, 77, of Seymour, crashed into a utility pole just north of the driveway for 36 Toddy Hill Road early Tuesday afternoon, October 5. According to the police report, Smolen had been traveling south on Toddy Hill Road when she crashed into the rear of a 2010 Ford Escape being operated by Jennifer Wilson, 39, of Sandy Hook. Wilson was also traveling south on Toddy Hill, but had stopped for a vehicle waiting to turn left onto Quarry Ridge. Both women were transported to the hospital by Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue also responded to the crash. Smolen was issued an infraction for failure to drive a reasonable distance apart. —Bee Photo, Hicks

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You are correct, Bruce. I know how hard these plans are to put together, but I still believe that we can have more definitive and measurable goals. I know there are a number of units coming online, and the community truly needs them. If only we can move the development of affordable housing to more of a partnership between the community and the developers than the adversarial tug-of-war it seems to be now, that would be good progress.

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Here is the plan Newtown signed on to. https://westcog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Final-Newtown-Affordable-Housing-Annex_2022.pdf

I agree, but we need to make sure they are pedestrian activated. The ones on Glover were supposed to be by order of the Police Commission, but the ones installed by Public Works were the cheaper flashing light. A couple of extra dollars are worth the lives it can save.

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We have been doing the planning work. The State of Connecticut mandates every municipality to develop an affordable housing plan under C.G.S. §8-30j by June 1, 2022, to specify how they “intend to increase the number of affordable housing developments in the municipality.” In lieu of all eighteen municipalities in the Western Connecticut Region duplicating efforts to research, document and analyze affordable housing, the Council of Governments decided to work collectively by splitting the work into two parts: Regional Toolbox Specific, Policy Driven Municipal Annexes.

Great Idea. We used a similar process when Pat Llodra wanted input on Fairfield Hills. very useful.

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