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Fire Reports | April 13-26, 2017

Published: Apr 29, 2017 12:00 AM

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:Thursday, April 13: 12:05 pm, odor of gas indoors, 114 Haley Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 1:13 pm, alarm, 60 Castle Meadow Road, Botsford and Dodgingtown responded; 1:53 pm, odor of gas indoors, 114 Haley Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 10:01 pm, alarm, 15 Sunset Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded.Friday, April 14: 8:54 am, alarm, 274 South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 9:24 pm, wires down, near 95 Hanover Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:12 pm, investigation, 2 Golden Pond Road, Botsford responded.Saturday, April 15: 3:39 pm, investigation, I-84, Sandy Hook responded; 10:58 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 24 Butterfield Road, Hawleyville responded.Sunday, April 16: 12:54 pm, medical assist, Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:59 pm, wires down, 273 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 8:06 pm, wires down, near 5 Shady Rest Boulevard, Sandy Hook responded; 8:07 pm, wires down, near 47 Hanover Road, Hook & Ladder responded.Monday, April 17: 12:57 am, alarm, 41 West Street, Hook & Ladder responded; I:59 am, medical assist, I-84, Sandy Hook responded; 2:49 am, wires down, near 12 Grays Plain Road, Sandy Hook responded; 9:15 am, medical assist, Elizabeth Circle, Sandy Hook responded; 10:37 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 12 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded.Tuesday, April 18: 2:54 pm, investigation, 26 Sugar Street, Hook & Ladder and Dodgingtown responded; 4:07 pm, mutual aid call to Brookfield, Hook & Ladder and Hawleyville responded; 4:18 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 71 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 4:57 pm, alarm, 2 Glenmor Drive, Hawleyville and Dodgingtown responded; 5:26 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 195 Riverside Road, Sandy Hook responded.Wednesday, April 19: 8:38 am, wires down, near 6 Checkerberry Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 9:38 am, odor of gas indoors, 36 Queen Street, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 8:58 pm, alarm, 3 Wentworth Drive, Dodgingtown responded.Thursday, April 20: No calls listed.Friday, April 21: 1:16 pm, wires down, near 1 Taunton Hill Road, Hawleyville responded; 4:54 pm, vehicle fire, I-84, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded.Saturday, April 22: 10:14, alarm, 118 Huntingtown Road, Botsford responded;10:35 am, alarm, 45 Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 2:21 pm, investigation, 175 Julia Court, Sandy Hook responded; 6:22 pm, alarm, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 8:25 pm, investigation, near intersection of Poverty Hollow Road and Greenleaf Farm Road, Dodgingtown responded.Sunday, April 23: 5:26 pm, investigation, 102 Hattertown Road, Dodgingtown responded; 7:47 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 64 Currituck Road, Hook & Ladder responded.Monday, April 24: 9:32 am, public service, 12 Dickinson Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 3:53 pm, brush fire, near intersection of South Main Street and Swamp Road, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded.Tuesday, April 25: 2:50 pm, alarm, 18 Commerce Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded.Wednesday, April 26: 10:15 pm, alarm, 3 Primrose Street, Hook & Ladder responded.

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Teachers Union - nuff said.

Vote No To The BOE Budget And No it Should Not Be Higher

Newtown schools have degraded over the 3+ decades I've lived here as the concentrated social experiment curricula driven by the state and small but loud groups. Yet we continue to dig into our pockets while we witness the downward spiral.

Vote Yes On April 23

Unfortunately as voter turnout continues to decline the chances of it increasing also decline. The LC and BOF already know that the budget will be approved by virtue of the low turnout so why try to make smart decisions? The so-called referendum is essentially just a rubber stamp. They will continue to increase the budget by 2-5% every year because it's low enough to not cause a pushback under the cover of "inflation" and "maintaining the schools." Sending the budget to vote with 9% turnout is meaningless and a waste of resources on April 23rd.

Go Out And Vote April 23

I have seen Mr. Pisani repeatedly assert in the pages of the Bee that Newtown schools are "testing at a failing 64.9%". I'd be curious if he could elaborate on this statistic, as I have been unable to verify it independently. Which test exactly is our school system failing? How do our schools compare to other towns? How does our score compare to historical measures? It's very hard to draw conclusions from a single data point, so here are a few more data points to think about for context: Newtown is consistently ranked among the top 20 school districts in CT by the US News and World Report and Niche, which consider a range of performance metrics in their rankings; on average, Newtown students perform similar to, if not better than, students in neighboring school districts on standardized math and reading tests; the only data point on the CT Department of Education District Report Card where Newtown "fails" -- that is, falls behind the state average -- is access to art instruction. I'm glad the council member has acknowledged in this letter what taxpayers in high-performing (and high-spending) school districts like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport already know: "School funding does impact student achievement." Please keep that in mind when you vote this week!

All I Ask Is That You Think About It

An investment is done with a hope for a return. The operative term here is 'hope'.

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Fire Reports | April 13-26, 2017

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