Friday, November 26

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Nov 18, 1999 12:00 am

Friday, November 26

Final weekend Town Playersâ Bad Seed, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, call for ticket costs, final curtain for Maxwell Andersonâs thriller will be Saturday (November 27); 270-9144.

Monday, November 29

Board of Education, 7 pm, Middle Gate School Media Center, special meeting to interview and vote on candidate to fill board vacancy.

Tuesday, November 30

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall (Mary Hawley Room), 45 Main Street.

Wednesday, December 1

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown meeting, 1:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free (non-members welcome), program by Frank Federico on pastel landscapes with water media underpainting; 426-6654.

Parks & Recreation Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House (town offices), Fairfield Hills.

Zoning Board of Appeals, 8 pm, Canaan House (town offices), Fairfield Hills.

Legislative Council, 8 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, December 2

Sandy Hook Elementary School Annual Fall Book Fair, 8:30 am-7 pm (then Friday, 7:30 am-5 pm), schoolâs cafeteria, Dickinson Drive, classic and recent best-sellers in adult and childrenâs categories.

Making the Most of Your Fifties support group, 7 pm, Newtown Congregational Church House, 41-A Main Street; group will explore challenges and joys of this stage of life. Call for details; 270-1447.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Newtown Middle School auditorium, 11 Queen Street.

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

Friday, December 3

HANNUKKAH BEGINS AT SUNSET

Housatonic Valley Economic Development Partnership, breakfast 7:30 am, meeting begins 8 am, Connecticut Light & Power Company offices, Barnabas Road.

15th Annual Newtown Tree Lighting Ceremony, 6:30 pm, Ram Pasture, at Elm Drive and Hawley Lane, visits with Santa & Mrs Claus, caroling, music by NHS groups, and official lighting of Newtownâs Christmas tree.

‘Timeless Newtown’ Series To Launch With Community Discussion Lunch & Learn

Holly Kocet is pushing a false narrative. The facts simply don't bear out any negative impact to the traffic on Mt Pleasant Road. Saying it does , does not make it true. The road handles in excess of 40,000 trip a day. a couple hundred form Castle Hill is negatable.

A Development Must Be A Good Fit

Yea. great decision and it will add to the quality of comments posted.

Finally, The Time Has Come(And Some Reminders)

Not approving a development that has "checked" all the boxes because the NIMBY mob doesn't like it is wrong.

The town historically has strong collaboration with developers, but the primary obstacle arises from community opposition exerting undue influence on the zoning department. This "NIMBY" pressure often leads to project rejections that exceed the department's actual jurisdiction or authority. Consequently, developers face a limited set of options: either engage in expensive legal battles or leverage the Connecticut Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals Procedure (CGS § 8-30g) as a recourse.

Discusses Moratorium

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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