What kind of community is Newtown? It is one made up of private homes and young families, with a little over 40 percent of them being transient in that they only have lived here between 3 and 10 years. This is according to the mini census-opinion sur
What kind of community is Newtown? It is one made up of private homes and young families, with a little over 40 percent of them being transient in that they only have lived here between 3 and 10 years. This is according to the mini census-opinion survey, which was recently completed for the town through a grant by the Comprehensive Employment Training Act, which was designed to activate such a local study. Four people were hired to gather data and present the results, with the purpose of the project being to obtain basic information pertaining to households within town and solicit residentsâ opinions on relevant subjects for future grant applications.
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Ward Associates, the architectural and engineering firm contracted by the town to complete phase one of the proposed Stefanko Park project, will be represented at Tuesday nightâs Park and Recreation meeting. The four phase $1.3 million plan to create a second town park off Philo Curtis Road in Sandy Hook was given town approval in April when voters granted a special appropriation to finance phase one development. The park will be on 56 acres of town-owned property.
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A full evening of public hearings is on the agenda of the Planning & Zoning Commission Wednesday, October 11, when the Danbury branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints tries for the second time this year to get approval for location of its chapel off Saw Mill Road; Newtown Housing for the Elderly Inc seeks an amendment to the zoning reguations to permit the number of units in Nunnawauk Meadows to double; and a Route 34 nursery school seeks permission to expand.
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Landlords turned out on masse Wednesday night to vehemently protest adoption of a proposed ordinance by the Legislative Council creating a fair rent commission, and their efforts were rewarded after the public hearing as the council unanimously rejected, without discussion, the ordinance.
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Marine First Lieutenant Robert E. Schmidle, Jr, son of Mae S. and Robert E. Schmidle, Sr, of Newtown has reported for duty at the Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz.
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Fall Saturday afternoons at the Newtown Bowling Alley on Mile Hill Road bring out the younger set as the Newtown Junior League competitors hold forth. Wilhelmina Grubisa, who operated the bowling alley, sets up the league each year for children ranging in age from 10 to 16 years. So far she has six teams with four kids on each, and is hoping to set up two more teams. Girls in particular are needed.
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Why would a group of people go through the trouble of having an attorney write a four page letter telling you why your partyâs candidate for probates judge was not properly chosen, suggest ways to remedy the dispute â and then drop the matter? âYour guess is as good as mine,â said Republican Town Committee Chairman Marie Kertesz last week. âMaybe theyâre bored, maybe they have nothing better to do. Maybe theyâre trying to embarrass me, but I donât have time for it, Iâm in the middle of running an election campaign.â Merlin Fisk of Parmalee Hill Road was chosen party candidate for judge of probate September 18 over Thomas Goosman of Meadowbrook Road. Five secret paper ballots were needed and Mrs Kertesz finally broke a tie in favor of Mr Fisk.
OCTOBER 9, 1953
The squirrels and other nut gatherers will be interested to know that the butternut crop this year is excellent; the hickory nut crop is very short in supply and black walnuts are only so-so.
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The traditional table display created by Vincent P. Gaffney of Botsford Hill Road and George A. Mayer of Palestine District, depicting the Pigrimsâ observance of Thanksgiving, was awarded first prize for centerpieces on the large fruit and vegetable tables at Danbury Fair at the opening last Saturday, October 3.
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 Questionnaires on zoning have been sent to all voters and property owners in the Half Way River District by the district committee on zoning, headed by Victor R. Henkel, chairman. These qustionnaires were sent out about a week ago and Mr Henkel requests that they be completed and returned to him, or some other member of the committee.
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 Mrs C.R. Spaulding won the womenâs golf championship of the Newtown Country Club last Sunday, October 4, by defeating Mrs George Kaltenbach in a closely contested match. All even on the 18th hole, the finalists went into a sudden death playoff with Mrs Spaulding winning on the 19th.
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Following consultation with Superintendent Carl A. LeGrow and the Board of Education, announcement has just been made of the formation of a new independent group to be known as the Newtown Citizenâs Committee on Education. Following in general outline the several hundred citizenâs advisory groups already in existence throughout the nation, the local committee has been organized to promote general public understanding of the achievements, conditions and needs of the Newtown schools.
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A decisive vote by town electors for the Democratic ticket which gave that party all contested town offices and a lead in the vote for uncontested seats climaxed an uneventful campaign which raised few issues, in Mondayâs biennial town election held in conjunction with the annual town meeting. Voting in the townâs two polling places from 6 am to 6 pm, approximatley two-thirds of Newtownâs 3,161 registered elected recorded a vote which expressed a strong choice of the slate headed by A. Fenn Dickinson, first selectman for the past two terms.
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The final session of the Board of Selectmen and the town clerk, held last Saturday, October 3, for the registration of new voters, added ten new names to the voting lists, including seven Republicans and three Democrats.
OCTOBER 5, 1928
The 50th annual Danbury Fair opened Monday under ideal weather conditions and the attendance both Monday and Tuesday showed a big increase over 1927.
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Two of the earliest projects on the state building program for 1929 will be the proposed state administration building in Hartford and a new asylum for the insane in Fairfield County, says the Hartford Courant.
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In the town election Monday the Democratic ticket was successful by an average majority of 50. Thomas F. Brew for first selectman had a majority of 102 over Arthur Page, the Republican nominee.
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Fire of unknown origin origin burned to the ground the large barns of David C. Peck, shortly after 4 oâclock Thursday morning. The fire was discovered by a maid at the home of Mrs Betsy Peck, who lives across the street from Mr Peck. The local night telephone operator sounded the fire siren, and within a few moments the firemen were on hand with the fire equipment, but it was of little use as Mr Peckâs barns are almost on a level with the reservoir.
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The Sandy Hook Independents composed of players of the original Sandy Hook team will play Dick Carmodyâs All Stars in the closing game at Pine Grove Park for 1928.
OCTOBER 9, 1903
G.W. Goodridge, W.W. Jones, and Herbert Sinclair of Bridgeport came to Newtown Friday on a hunting expedition. They stopped at the Grand Central Hotel.
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Mondayâs annual town meeting was the most quiet and orderly gathering held in years. The total vote cast was 503, the Democrats sweeping the deck and electing their full ticket. S.A. Blackman, elected first selectman, received the largest number of votes on the Democratic ticket, having 335.
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Henry Morgan represents the Ozone Soap Company at the Danbury Fair this week. All Newtown boys can secure an ozone whistle for the asking, free.
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Lawrence Taylor moved on Tuesday to the cottage vacated by Mr Martindell at the Depot. The teams of Josiah Tilson and Michael Kilbride conveyed his goods from Botsford.
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The funeral service of George Brew was largely attended from St Roseâs church last Sunday, Rev Patrick Fox officiating. The pallbearers were Michael Keating, William Egan, Patrick Keating, John Lynch, John Blake, and Frederick Reiner.
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S. Curtis Glover left last Friday for Cheshire where he will again take up his school duties.
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C.W. Beehler has a sight in his corn field near his home which is well worth seeing. The field is covered with large yellow pumpkins, and it is a fine sight.