Obituaries

Fernando Paniccia

Updated: October 12, 2023 9:54 am

Fernando Paniccia, 87, entered into the gates of heaven on Saturday, October 7, 2023.

Amy Louise Rockwell

Updated: October 18, 2023 8:41 am

Amy Louise Rockwell, 45, passed away on October 8, 2023.

Jean B. Otton

Updated: October 11, 2023 3:28 pm

Jean B. Otton of Sandy Hook passed away peacefully on Oct 5, 2023.

Veronica (Ronnie) Parker

Updated: October 06, 2023 12:04 pm

Veronica (Ronnie) Parker, 96, of Newtown, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 30, 2023.

Memorial & Mass: Lucy Farrell

Updated: October 05, 2023 4:30 pm

An October 16 Memorial Mass is being planned for the late Lucy Farrell

Charles R. Budd

Updated: October 06, 2023 8:42 am

Charles R. Budd passed away peacefully on September 27, 2023.

Jane Sherman

Updated: October 04, 2023 8:50 am

Jane Lillian Sherman, age 95, passed into eternal rest on September 13, 2023.

David Michael Barbour

Updated: October 04, 2023 8:45 am

David Michael Barbour, Esq, of Newtown, peacefully passed away at Yale-New Haven Hospital on Tuesday, September 26

Connie Sciglimpaglia

Updated: October 12, 2023 1:11 pm

On September 9, Constance “Connie” Repaci Sciglimpaglia’s family held a surprise ninety-fifth birthday party where she exclaimed, “How lovely!” To the great sadness and surprise of her family, she passed into God’s loving embrace on September 21, 2023.

Carol A. Del Vecchio

Published: September 28, 2023 8:45 am

In Loving Memory of Carol A. Del Vecchio 7/10/39 - 10/7/17 The Moment That You Left Me my heart was split in two; one side was filled with memories; the other side died with you. I often lay aw...

The Way We Were

Early Deadlines, Holiday Closings For New Year

Hendrik Bagmeyer

NFA Deep Brook Trail Scouting Day Postponed

Dolores M. Winans

Head on a swivel at all times - especially in grocery parking lots! Keep an eye out for folks turning at the flagpole - it befuddles them at times.

Please Drive Safe In 2025

How do you propose tapping the brakes, Dave? 8-30g already trumps any local regulations- you don't have a brake pedal to push. Brookfield, Trumbull and now Ridgefield have a clear case for a moratorium based on the development (thanks to 8-30g) that has already occurred. I don't see a clear case for Newtown to request a moratorium... yet.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

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.

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

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