Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The Commission on Aging. The center is run by the Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For

By LINDA BAUER

Published: Oct 20, 2006 12:00 am

Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The Commission on Aging. The center is run by the Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more information about programs offered at the Senior Center call 270-4310.

You may drop in at the Senior Center on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook weekdays between 9 am and 4 pm. A hot meal is served at noon for which you must reserve three days in advance.

Newtown has daily door-to-door minibus service Monday through Friday. Buses also run all day from the Senior Center to Sand Hill Plaza. On Fridays, the bus alternates between rides to Danbury Fair Mall and Berkshire Plaza in Danbury (to Wal-Mart Route 6). Cost is 65Â¢ each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75Â¢ each way for out of town. Call 748-2511 TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE to book a ride and get the out-of-town Friday schedule.

This Weekâs Programs

*CRAFT SESSIONS: Make Christmas spheres on October 24.

*HALLOWEEN BINGO on October 25, at 1 pm. Wear your scariest costume and win a prize.

*Sing-along HALLOWEEN PARTY with Bill Michaels on Thursday, October 26, at 1 pm.

*BLOOD PRESSURE checks on second Thursday of each month or the last Wednesday of the month.

*TAI CHI & CHI KUNG will be offered on Tuesdays from 1 to 2 pm. Steve Kurimai will instruct the gentle arts of movement that promote mind-body connection, and improve balance, coordination and relaxation.

*WALKING FOR FITNESS every Tuesday and Thursday at 2 pm for 30 minutes.

*Letâs get together for the BREAKFAST CLUB every Thursday. Meet at center and take the van to the Blue Colony Diner. Limited to 12 persons at a time. Call to reserve a spot.

*REMINDERS:

*ANNUAL FLU SHOT CLINIC, Tuesday, October 31, 10 am to noon. Sponsored by Danbury Visiting Nurse Association. This fills up fast. APPOINTMENT ONLY; call 270-4310.

*Free MAKEOVER CONTEST. Tell us in 500 words or less why you, or someone you know, could use a FREE makeover. Entry deadline is Friday, November 10. Call the Senior Center for more information. The winner will be announced on Thursday, November 16, at 1 pm, at our Feeling Good from the Outside-In Tea. Prizes will be awarded then.

*Sign up for COMPUTER CLASSES on Monday and Tuesday, from 3 to 4:30 pm.

*SWEET HART BUS â Call 748-2511 for reservations and 830-4399, their direct line, to go home so you donât have to wait at doctorâs office. Also, Saturday service between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm for weekend appointments or shopping.

DAY TRIPS

*FIREPLACE FEAST at the Salem Cross Inn on Wednesday, November 8. Relax by the fire or lend a hand as dinner is prepared for you in old Colonial style. Musical entertainment will be provided. Depart at 9:30 am. Cost is $78 per person.

Menu For Week of

October 23â27

Reservations must be made three days in advance.

Meals are subject to change.

Monday: October 23: Veal parmesan with mozzarella cheese, penne in marinara, broccoli, parmesan cheese, Italian bread, ice cream cup;

Tuesday: October 24: Tex-Mex chicken, rice and beans, fiesta corn, buttermilk biscuit, orange juice, chocolate chip cookie.

Wednesday: Turkey and cheese on grinder roll, lettuce and tomato, potato salad, mayonnaise packet, cranberry juice, fresh fruit;

Thursday: Salisbury steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, peas and diced carrots, whole wheat bread, birthday cake.

Also, for planning aheadâ

Monday: October 30: Stuffed salmon in dill sauce, roasted potatoes, mixed vegetables, oatmeal bread, seasonal fresh fruit;

Tuesday: October 31: Halloween Special: Spooky spaghetti, monster meatballs, parmesan cheese, ghoulish green beans, witches brew, batty breadsticks, booberry cake.

Activities Schedule,

October 23-27

Monday: AM hatha yoga, exercise; PM computer classes, chorus group;

Tuesday: AM pinochle, country-western line dancing; PM Tai Chi & Chi Kung, walking for fitness, computer classes, crafts;

Wednesday: AM exercise; PM bingo, crafts;

Thursday: AM Breakfast Club, hatha yoga, cards; PM walking for fitness

Friday: AM advanced mah jongg, sewing, quilting; PM knitting, cards.

Remember, you must call at least one day in advance to book a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.

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How do you propose tapping the brakes, Dave? 8-30g already trumps any local regulations- you don't have a brake pedal to push. Brookfield, Trumbull and now Ridgefield have a clear case for a moratorium based on the development (thanks to 8-30g) that has already occurred. I don't see a clear case for Newtown to request a moratorium... yet.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

Nobody is suggesting shutting the doors on new neighbors. What neighboring towns are doing, and what we should be doing too, is to tap the brakes on all of the multi-family residential development proposals so that we can spend 6 months updating our regulations such that if you want to build dense residential housing here, XX percent of it needs to be affordable (we will never make any headway on increasing our percentage of affordable housing otherwise, short of 8-30g), and the rest needs to be done in as low an impact manner as possible. Low impact on traffic, health & safety, the environment and on the cost of town services.

Hey, there you go! Richard solved it. Thanks, that seems so easy- we'll just get rid of the 2nd amendment and the Supreme Court. Seriously, the 2nd amendment doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The Supreme Court doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The problem is not the tools, but the criminals & the mental illness. The state of Connecticut seems to be focused on the tools, like Richard, while ignoring the users of those tools.

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Ned, please familarize yourself with 8-30G, and then please share the unique flaws that may be helpful in formulating a denial An 8-30g project can be denied only on very narrow grounds – i.e., if it presents health, safety or other concerns that exceed a town’s need for affordable housing. According to the TOG website, “projects cannot be rejected for incompatibility with a Town’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD); density; traffic congestion; height; aesthetics; concerns of neighbors or the community; and failure to comply with local zoning regulations.” 8-30g proposals are rarely denied by planning and zoning officials because the burden of proof on appeal is on the town. Appeals are costly, but a municipality can be successful in a court case if it has sufficiently established that the concerns leading to denial are factual and substantive.

P&Z Should Reject Vessel Proposal

The town should certainly measure its performance against the statewide strategies. Unless I missed it I only know of one small cluster of homes that would meet the affordable housing program. Given the 500 or so new units being added in the last 10 years I think that 4/500 would not meet the metric to allow for a moratorium. I mean, fingers crossed for a Christmas miracle but I suspect we will see a few 8-30's sent our way in a method to avoid the Nimby mob. Thanks, Nimby mob.

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