Friday, April 11

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Apr 11, 2003 12:00 am

Friday, April 11

Â âManaging Parent Stress,â 10 am, Newtown Meeting House (lower meeting room), 31 Main Street, free meeting-program sponsored by Newtown Newcomers, presentation by Judy Gibney, RN, will be followed by social time, refreshments, information available on Newcomers; 364-0597.

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road, Brookfield.

Saturday, April 12

Bake Sale, 9 amâ1 pm, Lexington Gardens, to benefit Spay and Neuter Association of Newtown.

Annual Easter Boutique & Plant Sale, 10 amâ7 pm, St Rose Parish Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, large selection Easter lilies and hyacinths, traditional decorations, figurines, baskets, etc, proceeds will help decrease parish debt, sale continues April 13; 426-1014.

Free help with income tax preparation, 10 amâ2 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Sunday, April 13

PALM SUNDAY

Annual Easter Boutique & Plant Sale, 8 amâ2 pm, St Rose Parish Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, see April 12 details.

Active Singles hikes, 9:30â11:30 am, Upper Paugussett State Forest, off Hanover Road, free, hikes at four levels for singles in their 30â50s offered (no children or pets allowed), bring water, wear good boots for walking, optional brunch follows (reservations requested); 860-489-9611.

Living History Demonstrations, 1â4 pm, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free, demonstrations of traditional rug hooking and reproduction furniture making, also open house at headquarters of Newtown Historical Society.

3rd Annual St Rose Festival Chorus & Orchestra Concert: Song of The Shadows, 7 pm, St Rose Church, 46 Church Hill Road, tickets $12 advance adults ($15/door), $5 children, performance of cantata by Joseph Martin and sacred selections in celebration of Holy Week; 364-1064.

Monday, April 14

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

âThe History of the Clock Industry and A Look At Wooden Clockworks,â 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free program by retired electrical engineer and wooden clockmaker Tim Bruce is sponsored by Newtown Historical Society; 426-5937.

Tuesday, April 15

Economic Development Commission, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, Riverside Road.

Wednesday, April 16

PASSOVER

BEGINS AT SUNDOWN

Housatonic Valley Paddlers Club meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown CL&P Service Center, Barnabas Road, free, program on Bob Keller on May Paddling Day, also Peg Daley on âThe Housatonic Valley Water Trailâ; 263-3281.

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, April 17

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Canaan House, Fairfield Hills.

Friday, April 18

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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.

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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