Saturday, February 14

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Feb 13, 2009 12:00 am

Saturday, February 14

VALENTINEâS DAY

âSalute To Julia,â 11 amâ1 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, residents invited to meet with and celebrate Julia Wasserman following retirement as state representative after 18 years, all welcome.

Cabaret performance of Love Letters, noon, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, $10, Town Players will offer staged reading of A.R. Gurneyâs work, bring lunch, theater will have coffee and dessert; 270-9144.

âAn Affair to Remember: 2nd annual Trinity Church Wine Tasting,â 7â10 pm, Edmond Town Hall Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, $30, food & wine samples, silent auction, entertainment, proceeds to support churchâs youth programs, also Newtown Youth & Family Services; 426-9070.

âWomen of the Night 2: Comedy For Valentineâs Day,â 8:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, $20â$30, Treehouse Comedy Club show by Cory Kahaney, Carie Karavas, Pat Candaras, and Peaches Rodrigues; 268-5857.

Monday, February 16

PRESIDENTSâ DAY

Tuesday, February 17

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

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

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

Wednesday, February 18

âLove Songs,â 3 pm, Nunnawauk Meadows community building, 3 Nunnawauk Road, free performance and sing-along of seasonal songs led by professional vocalist, refreshments; 426-5000.

CT Film Festival screening-meeting, 5:30 pm. C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, screening of clips from Harvey Hubbellâs Dislecksia to be followed by brief meeting about upcoming festival.

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

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

Thursday, February 19

Cholesterol Screenings, 9â11 am, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, free, fasting, and appointments needed, presented by Newtown & Bethel VNA; 426-6556.

Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority, 10:30 am, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road.

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road.

Clean Energy Task Force, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

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

Evensong Service Celebrated With Choral Society At Trinity Church

Author Leslie Connor Visits Reed Intermediate School

Newtown Bridle Lands Association Holds Jingle Bell Ride

NHS Dance Team Ready To Go For More Championships

BOE Listens To Fall Sports Update At Meeting

Half right. The other half wrong (and left).

Why Gun Violence Is Higher In The US

I want to clarify something that was not clear in my letter. Newtown DOES have an affordable housing plan, put together with the aid of the Council of Governments (COG) in 2022 and approved by the LC that year. The strategies in that plan are to "encourage", "support", "explore", "promote" various aspects of state and local affordable housing programs. Those strategies are largely repeated in the Housing Chapter of the Plan of Conservation and Development being finalized now. Newtown needs to measure its performance against those strategies and refine them to reflect the current situation and evaluate whether we are eligible for a moratorium on 8-30(g) projects if we have met the criteria. It's a question of being more specific and more rigorous in what we as a community would like to see to address this real and serious need, rather than to be on our heels when a developer proposes a project on their terms. An independent look outside the application process would be best for that. Thank you. Peter.

Discusses Affordable Housing

I on Glover Ave. walk my two Labs every morning and evening. Drivers are constantly cutting me off at the shopping center entrance and other driveways. There is no understanding of pedestrians rights. Drives make left turns onto Queen when its forbidden. Most cars cruse right thru the crosswalks without stopping for pedestrians. The Police have not issued one citation nor even a warming for crosswalk violations. The situation is out of control and now a loved resident, Pete, and a pet, Coby have been killed. Time for a plan. The problem is not Intersections, nor traffic, the problem 98s drivers and lack of enforcement. The plan need to create a culture that drivers obey speed limits and honor pedestrians right of ways. Isn't that the job of the Police Department and The Police Commission, to protect Newtowns citizens. This is a call to action.

Unidentified Driver Sought After Fatally Striking Dog And Leaving Scene

Its already too late, the Nimby mob have scared developers so that their only option is to use the state wide 8-30 exemption to get around the local zoning board. Thanks Nimby mob.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

Ya gotta pay more to live in a Blue state and subsidize the 'affordable' folks.

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