Friday, October 22

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Oct 22, 2010 12:00 am

Friday, October 22

Annual Harvest Fair, 9 amâ4 pm, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, gift baskets, quilts, seasonal (Halloween to Christmas) items, clothing and more, all created by Senior Center members, event continues to October 24; 203-270-4310.

SCAN Fall Art Show & Sale, 10 amâ5 pm (also opening reception 6â8 pm), Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free, original works of art by members of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, continues daily to October 24; 203-261-4496.

Whodunnit, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Road, $20, final weekend of production by The Town Players of Newtown of Anthony Shafferâs âcomic murder,â play contains material not suitable for children; 203-270-9144.

Saturday, October 23

Annual Fall Fair & Tag Sale, 9 amâ3 pm, Christ the King Lutheran Church, 85 Mt Pleasant Road, giant tag sale, food and baked goods, crafts, gift baskets; 203-426-6300.

Annual Harvest Fair continues, 9 amâ4 pm, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, see October 22 details.

Get-Out-the-Vote Rally, 12â2 pm, Newtown Democratic Headquarters, 6 Glen Road, public invited, DTC has invited all statewide candidates, free hot dogs and soda.

SCAN Fall Art Show & Sale, 10 amâ5 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, see October 22 details.

Family Bingo, doors open at 6 pm, games begin at 7, St Rose Gathering Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, $5 (12 regular games) or $10 (12 games, four specials, and one bonus), refreshments available; 203-426-1014, 203-426-4502.

Perfect Pairs: The Artful Bras Show, 7â10 pm, Edmond Town Hall Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, $25, fundraiser for Annâs Place/The Home of I Can will include exhibition & auction of âartful brasâ (creatively decorated brassieres), also fashion show, live music, refreshments and more; 203-426-2226, 203-740-2733, 203-426-5283.

Whodunnit, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Road, $20, see October 22 show details.

Sunday, October 24

NMS 8 Purple Cluster Tag Sale & Bake Sale, 9 amâ4 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, furniture, clothing and other tag sale items, also baked goods, all sold to raise funds for one groupâs eighth grade class trip to Washington, D.C.

Annual Harvest Fair continues, 9 amânoon, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, final day of event, see October 22 details.

Fall Marketplace, 10 amâ3 pm, Edmond Town Hall Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, $5, free ages 16 and under, final exhibition of Artful Bras (see October 23 listing), also arts and crafts by more than 60 local artisans, complimentary light refreshments; 203-426-2226, 203-740-2733.

SCAN Fall Art Show & Sale, 10 amâ5 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, see October 22 details.

CROP Walk 2010, 2 pm, Cochran House, Mile Hill South, walkers of all ages and abilities invited to walk to raise funds for Church World Service program that feeds those in US and around the world, registration closes 1:45 pm; 203-426-6300.

âGhosts Among Us,â 3 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, free performance of original story by The Mask & Wig Players (libraryâs teem drama group) to include local ghost stories and spooky tales; 203-426-4533.

Final performance of Whodunnit, curtain 2 pm, The Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Road, $20, see October 22 show details.

Monday, October 25

Board of Fire Commissioners annual dinner meeting, 6 pm, The Iron Bridge Restaurant & Bar, 100 Church Hill Road.

Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS) board of directors annual business meeting, 6:30 pm, NYFS office, 17 Church Hill Road.

Fairfield Hills Master Plan Review Committee, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Tuesday, October 26

Flu shots, 9â11 am, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, contact Danbury VNA for insurance coverage/cost details; 203-791-2955.

Flu shots, 10 amâ2 pm, Caraluzziâs Market, Queen Street, contact Bethel VNA for insurance coverage/cost details; 203-792-0864.

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Board of Education, 7 pm, Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, community question-and-answer session with the school board.

Design Advisory Board, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Public Building and Site Commission, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Hawleyville Firehouse, 34 Hawleyville Road, special meeting on the Hawleyville Center Design District (HCDD) zoning regulations.

Wednesday, October 27

Housatonic Area Regional Transit (HART), 4 pm, HART office, 62 Federal Road, Danbury.

Stray Kats Theatre Company auditions, 7â9 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, union and nonunion actors sought for inaugural season of company planning monthly one-day performances this season before launching into full productions, see Enjoy calendar or contact Artistic Director Kate Katcher for details and (recommended) appointment; 203-514-2221.

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

Newtown RTC monthly meeting, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Building, 14 Riverside Road, conversation, local and state current event updates from town leaders.

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

Thursday, October 28

Cultural Arts Commission, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Stray Kats Theatre Company auditions, 7â9 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, see October 27 details.

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

Saturday, October 30

Trail Building School, 9 amâ3 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free, join trail builder Paula Burton to learn aspects of design, low maintenance, tool safety, etc, then go outdoors to local park to put new skills into practice, Boy Scouts encouraged, registration required; 203-270-4340.

Newtown Lions Club Great Pumpkin Race, 1â4 pm, Edmond Town Hall rear parking lot, 45 Main Street, pumpkin racing, pumpkin decorating contest, pumpkin pie baking contest and parade of costumes, rain date October 31.

Howl-O-Ween Party, 3â5 pm, Fairfield Hills campus, use Keating Farms Road entrance, $10 donation per dog, relay race, treasure hunt and bobbing for hot dogs, canine costume contests, refreshments for dogs and humans, fundraiser for Newtown Park & Bark; 203-270-4340.

Sunday, October 31

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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.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

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.

Why Gun Violence Is Higher In The US

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.

Discusses Affordable Housing

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

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