Take The First Step

By CURT CLARK

Published: Oct 03, 2008 12:00 am

Take The First Step

To the Editor:

As with last springâs referendum, when voters came out overwhelmingly in support of funding the Newtown High School Expansion, Newtownâs Parent Teacher Associations (and the Newtown High School Parent Teacher Student Association Executive Board) have come together to both support the effort and educate the town.

One product of this townwide cooperation is the creation of a blog dedicated to educate residents about the high school expansion. It features Frequently Asked Questions including residentsâ tax implications, explanation of the additional $6 million required, and even blueprints of the design. We encourage you to go to www.expansionnhs.blogspot.com to learn more and make an educated decision on October 7.

Please join us in moving the Newtown High School expansion forward by voting Yes and taking the first step in providing our children with a quality education and securing our townâs future.

Jen Scarangella

Head OâMeadow PTA Co-President Â Tracy Holman

Head OâMeadow PTA Co-President

14 Poor House Road, Newtown Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â September 30, 2008

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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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