Newtown High School’s boys’ soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision at nonconference opponent Hamden on September 8.
Despite the outcome, there were some encouraging signs for Coach Charley Amblo, whose te...
All proceeds from Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer game against Pomperaug of Southbury (Blue & Gold Stadium, Tuesday, September 11, at 7 pm) benefit March of Dimes.
Backed by a strong defensive effort, Newtown High School’s football team shut out visiting New Fairfield 35-0 in the season opener, at Blue & Gold Stadium, on September 7.
There is a new coach on board to lead the way for Newtown High School’s girls’ cross country team. Christina Caron succeeds Rich Marcello, who departed for a collegiate coaching position at SUNY Oneon...
A bulk of last year’s top runners return as Newtown High School’s girls’ cross country team gets set to race this fall.
First-year Coach Christina Caron (see related story) is optimistic for success a...
A combination of strong preparation, talent, and everything falling into place at the right time for Newtown High School’s boys’ cross country team led to the Nighthawks celebrating a South-West Confe...
Months of practice-makes-perfect efforts to nail sometimes complex routines — made up of tumbles, flips, basket tosses, pyramids, dance, and more — will come down to just two and a half minutes of per...
Experience is on Newtown High School football team's side this this fall as the Nighthawks try to improve on their winning ways from a year ago.
Last year, Coach Bobby Pattison’s Nighthawks posted a 7...
With 42 team members — 36 swimmers and six divers, the most third-year Coach Becky Osborne has had — there will be plenty of in-team competition for roles during meets for the Newtown High School girl...
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.
