Â Holiday Festival Weekend Events

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Dec 01, 2006 12:00 am

Holiday Festival

Weekend Events

The first weekend in December is always busy in Newtown, and this weekend looks to live up to tradition. Stories and descriptions of this weekendâs events â which kick off with the lighting of Newtownâs Christmas Tree at Ram Pasture on Friday â can be found within this weekâs Newtown Bee. An outline of the weekendâs events is offered here:

Friday

*22nd Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, Ram Pasture, Elm Drive at Hawley Road, 6:30 pm.

*Seventh Annual âYou Can Never Have Enough Christmasâ Boutique, St Rose of Lima Parish Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, 6:30 to 10 pm; 426-1014.

Saturday

*46th Annual Rotary Pancake Breakfast, Edmond Town Hallâs Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, 8 am to 1 pm, $5 adults, $3 ages 10 and under.

*Annual Garden Club Greens Sale, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, 9 am to 1 pm (also book signings with Sydney Eddison, 10 am to 1 pm); 270-1108.

*Winter Faire & Holiday Sale, Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 40 Dodgingtown Road, 10 am to 3 pm; 364-9881.

*Farmers Market & CafÃ©, St Johnâs Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue, 10 am to 5 pm; 270-1820.

*âYou Can Never Have Enough Christmasâ Boutique continues, St Rose of Lima Parish Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, 10 am to 7 pm; 426-1014.

*NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, Newtown United Methodist Churchâs Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Rd, 5 to 7:30 pm; 426-9998.

*Sandy Hook Tree Lighting, Sandy Hook Center, 5 to 6 pm; 270-1820.

*NUMC Coffee House, Newtown United Methodist Churchâs Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, 7:45 to 10:30 pm; 426-9998.

Sunday

*Final day âYou Can Never Have Enough Christmasâ Boutique continues, St Rose of Lima Parish Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, 8 am to 2 pm; 426-1014.

*21st Annual Newtown Holiday Festival, on and immediately around Main Street, 11 am to 5 pm; 426-8103.

*Friends of Booth Library Holiday Emporium, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street/Route 25, Newtown, 11 am to 5 pm; 426-4533.

*Lessons in Advent and Carols, Trinity Episcopal Church, 30 Main Street, 2 pm; 426-9070.

*Newtown Choral Society Holiday Concert, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, 4 pm; 426-3769.

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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.

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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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