Cultural Events

Holiday Open House & Member Party At Matthew Curtiss House

Published: November 26, 2023 8:00 am

Newtown Historical Society will be holding its Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 3.

Choral Society To Perform ‘Songs For The Holiday Season’

Published: November 25, 2023 8:00 am

Newtown Choral Society will present its winter concert, “Songs of the Holiday Season,” on Sunday, December 3.

Rotary Pancake Breakfast Returning, December 2 At Edmond Town Hall

Published: November 25, 2023 7:30 am

Wake up early and head to Edmond Town Hall for a filling breakfast next Saturday morning.

SHVFR Planning Tree Sales, Santa Sleigh Rides

Published: November 24, 2023 8:00 am

Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue will present its annual Christmas Trees (& More) Sale this holiday season. Firefighters are also planning to welcome Santa and his antique sleigh for another round of rides.

Nunnawauk Meadows Residents Association To Present Holiday Craft Fair Next Month

Published: November 21, 2023 8:00 am

Nunnawauk Meadows residents have been working for months toward their first Holiday Craft Fair.

Garden Club Of Newtown Members & Projects Honored During Federated Garden Clubs Awards Luncheon

Published: November 21, 2023 7:00 am

The Garden Club of Newtown was recognized with five awards during the 94th Annual Awards Meeting of The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut.

Ram Pasture Tree Lighting Returning

Published: November 18, 2023 8:00 am

The 2023 Ram Pasture Tree Lighting is being planned for Friday, December 1.

FONS November Social Planned

Published: November 18, 2023 8:00 am

Friends of Newtown Seniors (FONS) invites local senior citizens for the next social gathering, planned for Wednesday, November 29. Join fellow senior citizens at 4 pm at My Place Restaurant, 8 Queen S...

Hawleyville Tree Lighting Plans Announced

Updated: December 09, 2023 7:34 pm

UPDATE: This year's tree lighting has been canceled.

Ferris To Introduce, Read From Her Memoir, November 21 At Senior Center

Published: November 17, 2023 7:30 am

Sandy Hook native Shirley Ferris will offer readings from her recently published memoir, "The Silver Bridge is Silver Again (But Somebody Tore Down Bill's Hot Dog Stand)," Tuesday afternoon at Newtown Senior Center.

Silver Alert: Katherine Sullivan

Snapshot: Pastor Zach Kinsman

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Middle School Counseling Department Hosts Annual Career Day

New Year’s Walk & Seed Bomb Launching Event Planned

Nobody is suggesting shutting the doors on new neighbors. What neighboring towns are doing, and what we should be doing too, is to tap the brakes on all of the multi-family residential development proposals so that we can spend 6 months updating our regulations such that if you want to build dense residential housing here, XX percent of it needs to be affordable (we will never make any headway on increasing our percentage of affordable housing otherwise, short of 8-30g), and the rest needs to be done in as low an impact manner as possible. Low impact on traffic, health & safety, the environment and on the cost of town services.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

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.

Why Gun Violence Is Higher In The US

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.

P&Z Should Reject Vessel Proposal

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.

Discusses Affordable Housing

gangs. If I use a firearm in self/home defense, is that gun violence?

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