Lighting Up

By STEVE BIGHAM

Published: Dec 06, 2000 12:00 am

Lighting Up

The Season

Newtown residents looking to get in the Christmas spirit shrugged off the cold last Friday night and gathered around the Christmas tree at Ram Pasture for the 16th annual tree lighting ceremony. An estimated 2,000 people turned out for the event, which is sponsored each year by the Chamber of Commerce and Parks & Recreation. Pictured (clockwise from top right) are family members Shirley OâNeil, Nancy Messenger, and Barbara Miles; tree lighting assistants Megan and Jessica Gibbons, ages 5 and 7. Also pictured are three youngsters getting a push from mom and dad; the crowd; NHS choral singers (from left) Katie Clyne, Megan Masten, Erin Dennen, and Beth Leety. Again, Megan and Jessica Gibbons with their grandmother, Parks & Recreation Director Barbara Kasbarian, who served as honorary âtree lighterâ; the tree; master of Ceremonies Janet Woycik; and Stan Perrone of Kesco Electric.

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âBee Photos, Bigham

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Half right. The other half wrong (and left).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Ya gotta pay more to live in a Blue state and subsidize the 'affordable' folks.

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