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Ram Pasture Tree Lighting Begins The Weekend Holiday Events

Published: Dec 03, 2016 12:00 am

The 32nd Annual Newtown Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rams Pasture, Friday, December 2, began the weekend of holiday events with songs and cheer.More information about the other holiday related activities planned for the weekend of December 2 to December 4 is available here.The Newtown Bee.

A bit of rain cleared in time for Newtown Chamber of Commerce President Tim Haas and Ram Pasture Tree Lighting Committee Chair Diana Johnson to welcome all in attendance and introduce the night's performances.

The 16th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in Sandy Hook Center is set for Saturday, December 3. The event will begin at 4 pm, leading to the lighting of the Norway spruce at the corner of Washington Avenue and Riverside Road at 6 pm.

The 7th Annual Hawleyville Tree Lighting is set for Sunday, December 4, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, at Hawleyville Plaza, 23 Barnabas Road. The event will double as a toy drive for The Newtown Fund, a nonprofit volunteer organization that provides assistance to local residents and their families.

More photos and further coverage of the weekend will be available in the December 9, 2016, print edition of

The two trees lit for the 32nd Annual Ram Pasture Tree Lighting event. (Bee Photo, Hallabeck)

Some of the luminaria boxes donated by Curtis Packaging decorated Ram Pasture for the event. (Bee Photo, Hallabeck)

People mingle following the trees being lit. (Bee Photo, Hallabeck)

Crowd members look on at one of the two trees lit on Friday, December 2. (Bee Photo, Hallabeck)

The Newtown High School Singers, led by NHS choral director Jane Matson, performed songs at the event. (Bee Photo, Hallabeck)

Christina Reed, Chloe Rey, Haley Rey, Liz Rey, Ashley Reed, and John Reed, former superintendent of schools, stood together before lighting the trees. (Bee Photo, Hallabeck)

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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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