Cultural Events

‘Take The Challenge: Trash Talk’ Presentation Planned On Waste Crisis In Connecticut

Published: February 06, 2024 7:00 am

The Town of Newtown will host “Take The Challenge: Trash Talk” by Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority later this month.

A New Way Of Finding Records Of Ancestors

Published: February 05, 2024 7:00 am

On Wednesday, February 14, the Genealogy Club of Newtown will welcome guest speaker Bryna O’Sullivan, who will return via Zoom for a meeting to start at 7 pm. O’Sullivan is a professional genealogist ...

FrogWatch USA Coming To Newtown

Published: February 03, 2024 8:00 am

The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary is inviting readers to celebrate the season by taking action and engaging in conservation in their own communities through FrogWatch USA training and observation events.

Sanctuary Movie Series To Launch With Oscar-Winning Documentary

Updated: February 12, 2024 4:00 pm

The 2021 Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature will launch a new series being offered by The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary.

February Is Celebrate Choose Love Awareness Month

Published: February 02, 2024 7:00 am

Choose Love Awareness Month is the annual campaign to spread awareness of the Choose Love Movement, and the importance of teaching children essential life skills through its free Character Social Emotional Development programming.

Booth Library To Host ‘Food Sovereignty In North America’ Cooking Demo With Sayet, Saturday

Updated: January 25, 2024 10:40 am

As part of its continuing conversation about exile, displacement, and diaspora, C.H. Booth Library will present “Food Sovereignty in North America: A Cooking Demonstration by Rachel Beth Sayet (Mohegan Tribe)” this weekend.

Hearts Of Hope-American Legion Paint With A Purpose Event Planned

Published: January 19, 2024 7:15 am

Hearts of Hope-Newtown chapter is proudly partnering for the third year with American Legion Post 202 to create Hearts of Hope for men and women in the military.

FONS January Gathering Announced

Updated: January 31, 2024 9:58 am

UPDATE: This event has been canceled due to the unexpected closing of the restaurant. || Reservations are due by January 29 for this month's Friends of Newtown Seniors Social Gathering.

Newtown Choral Society Invites New Members Ahead Of Spring Concert

Published: January 16, 2024 7:00 am

Newtown Choral Society begins rehearsals this month for its spring concert and is inviting prospective members to attend.

Edmond Town Hall’s Spring Music Series Continues With Co-Title Sponsors, Aztec Two-Step 2.0 Saturday Night

Published: January 12, 2024 6:00 am

The Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers last week announced the continuation of its highly anticipated Spring Music Series, which resumes tomorrow night with a performance of The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook.

Snapshot: Pastor Zach Kinsman

Fire Reports | December 11-December 16, 2024

Middle School Counseling Department Hosts Annual Career Day

New Year’s Walk & Seed Bomb Launching Event Planned

Police Reports | December 3-December 17, 2024

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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