Friday, January 16

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 16, 2009 12:00 am

Friday, January 16

Organist George Swope in concert, 8 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, freewill offering accepted, performance will include works of Boehm, Bach, Reger, Mendelssohn, Reinberger, and Franck, reception to follow; 426-9070.

Monday, January 19

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, DAY

Tuesday, January 20

Design Advisory Board, 7 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.Â

Public hearing on proposed leasing of Woodbury Hall at Fairfield Hills, 7 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.Â Deliberations on the proposed 2009-10 municipal budget.

Economic Development Commission, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.

Wednesday, January 21

Public hearing on proposed revisions to the fire lane ordinance, proposed revisions to the elderly tax relief ordinance, and proposed new noise control ordinance, 7 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

RIS 6th Grade Band Winter Concert, Blue House 7 pm, Green House 8 pm, Reed School, 3 Trades Lane, snow date January 28; 270-4880.

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.Â Deliberations on the proposed 2009-10 municipal budget.

Fairfield Hills Authority, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, January 22

Cultural Arts Commission, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

RIS 5th Grade Band Winter Concert, Blue House 7 pm, Green House 8 pm, Reed School, 3 Trades Lane, snow date January 29; 270-4880.

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.Â Deliberations on the proposed 2009-10 municipal budget.

Borough of Newtown Historic District Commission, public hearing on proposed demolition of house at 79 Main Street, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Saturday, January 24

Opening day Annual SCAN Color in January Show & Sale, 10 am to 5 pm, Lexington Gardens, 32 Church Hill Road, free, annual exhibition of works by members of Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, painting demo 12:30 by Dick McEvoy, also opening reception today 2 to 4 pm, show continues daily to February 1; 938-3999 (show chair Pam Reese).

Sunday, January 25

Color in January Show & Sale continues, 10 am to 5 pm, Lexington Gardens, see January 24 show details, also acrylic landscape demo by Anda Styler at 12:30; 938-3999 (show chair Pam Reese).

Two Charges For Driver Who Left Scene After Vehicle Struck Dog Twice

Meet The Danbury Hat Tricks At C.H. Booth Library

Newtown's Winter Steeples,’ This Year's Holiday Cover Art

Silver Alert: Katherine Sullivan

Snapshot: Pastor Zach Kinsman

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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