Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more

By LINDA BAUER

Published: Feb 15, 2008 12:00 am

Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more information about programs offered at the Senior Center call 270-4310.

You may drop in at the Senior Center on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook weekdays between 9 am and 4 pm. A hot meal is served at noon for which you must reserve three days in advance.

Newtown has daily door-to-door minibus service Monday through Friday. Buses also run all day from the Senior Center to Sand Hill Plaza. On Fridays, the bus alternates between rides to Danbury Fair Mall and Berkshire Plaza in Danbury (to Wal-Mart Route 6). Cost is 65Â¢ each way for the Sand Hill Plaza trip, 75Â¢ each way for out of town. Call 748-2511 TWO DAYS IN ADVANCE to book a ride and get the out-of-town Friday schedule.

This Weekâs Programs

*The Newtown Senior Center will be CLOSED Monday, February 18, for Presidentsâ Day.

*RICHARD CLARK returns Wednesday, February 20, at 1 pm, with Love Letters, a Broadway hit as told through the reading of letters of complicated feelings and emotions during the World War II era.

*Come play BINGO on February 21, at 1 pm.

*The COMMISSION ON AGING meets at the Senior Center, Monday, February 25, at 5 pm.

*AARP TAX ASSISTANCE, appointments only on Mondays through April from 9 am to noon. Bring last yearâs tax return and all other pertinent information. Call 270-4310 for an appointment.

Upcoming Programs

*POETRY READING by Judy Barta on Wednesday, February 27, at 1:30 pm.

*Applying for SENIOR TAX RELIEF BENEFIT? Attend one of these dates: March 5, March 10, March 18, or April 9, from 9 am to noon; or March 26, 1 to 4 pm, with your 2007 tax return, social security 1099, and all other 1099s for pension, etc.

*AARP 55 ALIVE mature driving course for Thursday, March 27, and Friday, March 28, from 12:30 to 4:30 pm. Must attend both classes. Fee is $10.

Day Trips

*ST PATTYâS DAY CELEBRATION at Chez Josef on Friday, March 14. Enjoy a corned beef and cabbage dinner and an Irish extravaganza of Irish music and comedy.

*American Ballet Theatre presents SWAN LAKE. Depart 9:30 am on Saturday, May 31, to New York City and enjoy lunch and the ballet Swan Lake. Cost is $150.

Overnight Trips

*An overnight package at MOHEGAN SUN on February 27â28. Receive a bonus package, lunch packages, and enjoy A Russian Folk Fair by The Moscow Circus. Call the Newtown Senior Center for the cost of the accommodations. Options are with or without the show. Reservations are still available.

Recurring Activities

*FREE COMPUTER LESSONS are given every Monday and Tuesday at 3 pm.

*YOGA classes are Monday and Thursday at 10:30 am.

*BOWLING at Brookfield Lanes for Senior âFun Bowl,â Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 3 pm.

*CARDS FOR OUR TROOPS every Tuesday morning from 10 am to noon and 1 to 3 pm.

*BEGINNERS BRIDGE LESSONS on Wednesday, 9:30 am, with Mary Matern.

*BOARD GAME DAY is every Thursday at 1 pm. Coffee or tea and snack will be supplied.

*MOVIE TIME on Fridays at 1 pm. Enjoy a good âfavoriteâ movie with a friend. We supply the video and popcorn.

Monday: AM pinochle, hatha yoga, exercise, PM computer classes, chorus group.

Tuesday: AM pinochle, country-western line dancing; PM Tai Chi & Chi Kung, bowling, walking for fitness, computer classes, crafts.

Wednesday: AM exercise; PM bingo, crafts.

Thursday: AM Breakfast Club, hatha yoga, cards; PM bowling, walking for fitness, board games.

Friday: AM advanced mah jongg, sewing, quilting, PM movie time, knitting, cards.

Menu For Week of

February 18â22

Monday: Presidentsâ Day: Closed for Washingtonâs Birthday

Tuesday: Beef tips with gravy served over egg noodles, fresh zucchini, pumpernickel brad, chocolate chip cookie.

Wednesday: Corn chowder with crackers, seafood salad served on a bed of lettuce, with tomato, and marinated beet salad with French dressing, soft breadstick, pineapple tidbits.

Thursday: Mexican chicken, rice and beans, Mexicali corn, corn bread, cranberry juice, fruit cocktail

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Monday:Â February 25: Lemon pepper fish, mashed potato, Oriental vegetables, rye bread, Mandarin oranges.

Tuesday:Â February 26: Chicken a la king served over rice, broccoli florettes, buttermilk biscuit, chocolate chip cookie.

Remember, you must call at least one day in advance to book a ride, 270-4310; the Senior Bus, 748-2511.

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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.

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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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