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UWWC, Newtown Rotary Joined By Newtown Memorial Fund For Immediate Needs Fund

Published: Sep 30, 2013 12:00 AM

Shortly after the events of 12/14, The Rotary Club of Newtown, United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) and the Office of Victim Services (OVS) worked together to develop the Immediate Needs Fund. The...

Health District Promotes Localized Mental Health Services, Info

By John Voket

Published: Sep 27, 2013 12:00 AM

Visitors to Newtown’s municipal website are immediately greeted with links to supplemental sites that can help them learn about a variety of support and recovery initiatives, as well as a site that sh...

The Resiliency Center Of Newtown To Officially Open Monday; Back-To-School Brunch Tuesday

Published: Sep 20, 2013 12:00 AM

The Resiliency Center of Newtown has been created to provide long-term support and healing assistance to anyone impacted by the events that occurred on December 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary Scho...

Yoga For A Cure Fundraiser Held

By Eliza Hallabeck

Published: Sep 17, 2013 12:00 AM

For the second consecutive year, Amie Meleshkewich of Flow To Fit Yoga helped Light The Night Team “AHH…Always Have Hope!” raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) through a Yoga For A Cu...

Health, Prevention Officials Warn Parents After Recent Deaths From 'Molly'

By John Voket

Published: Sep 13, 2013 12:00 AM

School District and local Prevention Council representatives have teamed up to warn parents about a high-powered type of Ecstasy that has contributed to the deaths of four individuals in New York, Bos...

Renowned Expert To Speak On Coping With Grief, Loss, September 26 At Edmond Town Hall

Published: Sep 09, 2013 12:00 AM

Masonicare Home Health & Hospice and Masonicare at Newtown will host a bereavement support program for the community led by the renowned Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv. The program, entitled “Post Traumat...

New Urgent Care Walk-In Clinic Opens In Newtown

Published: Sep 09, 2013 12:00 AM

Urgent Care of Connecticut opened its sixth walk-in clinic, and first in Newtown, on Friday, August 30. Located in Plaza South at 266 South Main Street, this facility joins other Urgent Care clinics i...

Divorce And Separation Group Forming

Published: Sep 03, 2013 12:00 AM

Divorced? Separated? Looking to find out where you fit in? The St Rose Divorce and Separation Support group will begin meeting every second and fourth Friday night at 7 pm in the Knights of Columbus H...

State's First West Nile Case Identified, Health Officials Say Take Precautions

By John Voket

Published: Aug 30, 2013 12:00 AM

Dumping out standing water around the yard – even as little as a half cup full – and closing down mosquitoes access to one’s home are the two best ways to avoid contracting West Nile Virus according t...

NYFS Expanding To Meet The Needs Of The Community

Published: Aug 27, 2013 12:00 AM

Anyone unfamiliar with Newtown Youth & Family Services may have found themselves wondering what NYFS is. What does NYFS do for Newtown and area residents? Answering these questions is easier than you ...

‘Things Survive’: The Core Of The Secondhand Sacred Research Project & Exhibits

Gary Mihalek

Holiday Closings: Martin Luther King Jr Day

NHS Student Holds Community Dog Walk For Capstone Project

NBLA Trail Notes: A Growing Equine Sport Combines Versatility And Fun

You are correct, Bruce. I know how hard these plans are to put together, but I still believe that we can have more definitive and measurable goals. I know there are a number of units coming online, and the community truly needs them. If only we can move the development of affordable housing to more of a partnership between the community and the developers than the adversarial tug-of-war it seems to be now, that would be good progress.

Discusses Moratorium

Here is the plan Newtown signed on to. https://westcog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Final-Newtown-Affordable-Housing-Annex_2022.pdf

I agree, but we need to make sure they are pedestrian activated. The ones on Glover were supposed to be by order of the Police Commission, but the ones installed by Public Works were the cheaper flashing light. A couple of extra dollars are worth the lives it can save.

Calls For Flashing Pedestrian Lights In Sandy Hook

We have been doing the planning work. The State of Connecticut mandates every municipality to develop an affordable housing plan under C.G.S. §8-30j by June 1, 2022, to specify how they “intend to increase the number of affordable housing developments in the municipality.” In lieu of all eighteen municipalities in the Western Connecticut Region duplicating efforts to research, document and analyze affordable housing, the Council of Governments decided to work collectively by splitting the work into two parts: Regional Toolbox Specific, Policy Driven Municipal Annexes.

Great Idea. We used a similar process when Pat Llodra wanted input on Fairfield Hills. very useful.

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UWWC, Newtown Rotary Joined By Newtown Memorial Fund For Immediate Needs Fund

Health District Promotes Localized Mental Health Services, Info

The Resiliency Center Of Newtown To Officially Open Monday; Back-To-School Brunch Tuesday

Yoga For A Cure Fundraiser Held

Health, Prevention Officials Warn Parents After Recent Deaths From 'Molly'

Renowned Expert To Speak On Coping With Grief, Loss, September 26 At Edmond Town Hall

New Urgent Care Walk-In Clinic Opens In Newtown

Divorce And Separation Group Forming

State's First West Nile Case Identified, Health Officials Say Take Precautions

NYFS Expanding To Meet The Needs Of The Community