Melissa L. (Scheibel) Miller, 47, former Newtown resident, died October 6 at Regional Hospice of Danbury, while in the presence of her loving husband. She was born on May 19, 1970, in Bridgeport, daug...
Arthur "Art" Radun, 95, of Newtown, husband of 72 years to Irene (Soltes) Radun, died October 6 at Danbury Hospital. He was born in Little Falls, N.Y., April 13, 1922, a son of Wilhelmina (Semrow) and...
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Walls, 63, of Newtown died peacefully at home October 6, surrounded by family, after her battle with cancer. She was born April 30, 1954, in Bridgeport, daughter of Catherine F. a...
Carol Ann Del Vecchio, 78, of Newtown died October 7 at Danbury Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Bridgeport, July 10, 1939, daughter of the late Edna and Richard Drew.
Mrs De...
Virginia "Ginny" Bounty Long, 63, of Newtown, died suddenly September 30.
Her loving husband of 41 years, Roland Long; her mother and stepfather, Nancy and Bob Melson of San Marcos, Calif.; her sister...
Gertrude "Gert" Buchanan Lewis, 89, of Newtown, died October 2, at her home on Bears Hill Road. She was the wife of the late George F. Lewis of Stepney, Conn.
Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on April 18, ...
Michael E. "Mike" Kondrat, 66, of Sandy Hook died unexpectedly October 1, at his home. He was born in Danbury on June 10, 1951, a son of the late Margaret (Churchill) and Irving Kondrat.
Mr Kondrat gr...
Robert "Bobby Hollywood" Barresi, 69, of Jupiter, Fla., formerly of Sandy Hook, died October 3. Mr Barresi was born on September 14, 1948, in Bridgeport.
He was a retired director from Sikorsky Aircra...
Holly Kocet is pushing a false narrative. The facts simply don't bear out any negative impact to the traffic on Mt Pleasant Road. Saying it does , does not make it true. The road handles in excess of 40,000 trip a day. a couple hundred form Castle Hill is negatable.
The town historically has strong collaboration with developers, but the primary obstacle arises from community opposition exerting undue influence on the zoning department. This "NIMBY" pressure often leads to project rejections that exceed the department's actual jurisdiction or authority. Consequently, developers face a limited set of options: either engage in expensive legal battles or leverage the Connecticut Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals Procedure (CGS § 8-30g) as a recourse.
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.
