Friday, January 6

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 06, 2012 12:00 am

Friday, January 6

Performance by Duelly Noted, 7 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, free 45-minute performance by Hamilton College-based a cappella group offer will offerings from diverse repertoire, freewill collection will benefit FAITH Food Pantry; 203-426-9024.

Sunday, January 8

Yossi Kohrman-Glaser: Classical Guitar Recital, 2 pm, St Johnâs Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue, free performance by Newtown High School student will serve as culmination of NHS Junior-Senior Project, also collection of nonperishable food items for FAITH Food Pantry, snow date January 15; 203-426-3112.

Monday, January 9

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

Tuesday, January 10

PRINTED WRONG IN PAPER (EVENT IS/WAS JANUARY 9) Blood Drive, 8:30 am-6:15 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, donors need to be at least 18 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in generally good health, appointments available, walk-ins welcome; 800-733-2767.

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 6 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Parks & Recreation Commission, 6 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Booth Library Board of Trustees, 7 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

PRINTED WRONG IN PAPER (EVENT IS/WAS JANUARY 9) Combined Schools Winter Concert, 7 pm, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, combined winter concert by Reed Intermediate School 5th & 6th Grade Global Music & Chorus and Newtown Middle School Grade 7 Global Music group, snow date January 23.

Conservation Commission, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

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

Borough Board of Burgesses, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

PRINTED WRONG IN PAPER (EVENT IS/WAS JANUARY 9) Town Historianâs Annual Lecture: âThe American Revolution in Newtown,â 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free lecture by Dan Cruson will examine many facets of the war in and around Newtown, hosted by Newtown Historical Society; 203-426-5937.

Wednesday, January 11

Genealogy Club of Newtown Roundtable Discussion, 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library community room, 25 Main Street, experienced family researchers and newcomers all welcome to join club members sharing tips on favorite websites, database, libraries, etc; 203-270-7887.

Borough Zoning Commission, 7:15 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Newtown Arts Festival Committee, 7:30 pm, My Place Restaurant, 8 Queen Street.

Painting Demonstration by Edward DeVoe, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free program hosted by the Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will feature award-winning artist offering a demo of painting a figure in oil; 203-426-6654.

Thursday, January 12

The Gingerbread Man puppet play, 11 am, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free presentation by faculty from Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, suitable for ages 2â5 with parent/guardian; 203-364-1113, 203-425-4533.

Parks & Recreation Trails Subcommittee, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Water & Sewer Authority, 7 pm, sewage treatment plant office building, 24 Commerce Road.

Friday, January 13

Friday Bingo Night, doors open 5:45 pm, games begin 6:30, $17 includes all regular and most special games, baked goods and dinner items available for purchase, sponsored by St Rose of Lima Home School Association; 203-426-5102.

Saturday, January 14

Turn Nickels Into Gold: NHS Varsity Winter Guard Fundraiser, 8â10:30 am, Newtown High School front parking lot, 12 Berkshire Road, team will be receiving donations of returnable cans and bottles, to be turned in and used to defray costs of team attending Winter Guard International Championships in April (additional collection dates February 11 and March 10); 203-304-1339, 203-426-3742.

Butcherâs Cabin staged reading by The Stray Kats Theatre Company, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, $25 staged reading of Kent R. Brown work by Newtown-based professional company to star Keir Dullea, also postplay discussion, light refreshments; 203-514-2221.

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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.

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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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gangs. If I use a firearm in self/home defense, is that gun violence?

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