Monday, January 18

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 15, 2010 12:00 am

Monday, January 18

DR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, DAY

Tuesday, January 19

Economic Development Commission, 7 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Hattertown Historic District Commission, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Newtown Toastmasters meeting-program, 7 pm, Town Hall South (Parks & Recreation Conference Room), 3 Main Street, guests welcome; 203-313-5507.

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Pension Committee, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Wednesday, January 20

RIS 5th Grade Band Winter Concerts, 7 & 8 pm, Reed School, 3 Trades Lane (snow date January 27).

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Fairfield Hills Authority, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Ad Hoc Tick-Borne Disease Action Committee, 8 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, January 21

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, 12:30 pm, Housatonic Area Regional Transit (HART) offices, 62 Federal Road, Danbury.

RIS 6th Grade Band Winter Concerts, 7 & 8 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane (snow date January 28).

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Sustainable Energy Commission, 7:30 pm, Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Flagpole Photographers Club meeting, 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, nonmembers welcome, presentation of awards from Fall New England Camera Club Council Competition, also program on digital color management by Rich Tyrseck, membersâ âopenâ competition; 203-270-9469.

Saturday, January 23

Opening day for SCAN Annual Color in January Show & Sale, 10 amâ4 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free nonjuried show of works by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, watercolor landscape demo by Patricia Barkman at 12:30, opening reception 2â4 pm, show on view daily until January 31; 203-261-4495.

Haitian Dinner & Reggae Band Night, 6-10 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, $10, $30/family, live music by The Skanktones, refreshments, proceeds to benefit Rotary Haitian Fund; 203-426-9024.

Sunday, January 24

SCAN Color in January Show & Sale continues, 10 amâ4 pm, Lexington Gardens, free, oil still life demo by Janice Papayani at 12:30, see January 23 listing for additional details.

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Hawk Gymnasts Set To Compete

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

Why Gun Violence Is Higher In The US

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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