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Fire Reports | January 9-15, 2020

Published: Jan 20, 2020 06:15 AM

The dispatchers stationed at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center (NECC) at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:

Thursday, January 9: 10:25 am, motor vehicle accident, near 17 Butterfield Road, Hawleyville responded; 12:51 pm, wires down, near 4 Saddle Ridge Road, Dodgingtown responded; 7:40 pm, structure fire, 5 Brookwood Drive, Dodgingtown, Botsford, Sandy Hook, Hook & Ladder, and Hawleyville responded.

Friday, January 10: 1:04 pm, alarm, 2 Boulevard, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 6:14 pm, medical assist, Old Tavern Road, Dodgingtown responded.

Saturday, January 11: 3:08 am, alarm, 52 New Lebbon Road, Botsford responded; 9:44 am, illegal burn/outdoor fire, near 4 Turkey Roost Road, Botsford responded; 11:31 am, wires down, near 9 Blue Spruce Drive, Botsford responded; 3:48 pm, odor of gas indoors, 1025 Brookside Court, Hawleyville responded; 4:05 pm, burning odor indoors, 42 Charter Ridge Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 4:21 pm, wires down, near 40 Jeremiah Road, Sandy Hook responded; 4:48 pm, illegal burn/outdoor fire, near 6 Skytop Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 5:03 pm, burning odor indoors, 23 Jeremiah Road, Sandy Hook responded; 7:20 pm, motor vehicle accident, intersection of Berkshire Road, Bennetts Bridge Road, and Grays Plain Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Sunday, January 12: 5:38 am, initial report of a structure fire which was actually a false alarm, 130 Louis Hill Road, Sandy Hook, Botsford, Hawleyville, and Hook & Ladder responded; 7:28 am, medical assist, I-84, Hawleyville responded; 11:05 am, wires down, near 18 Sugarloaf Road, Sandy Hook responded; 6:13 pm, alarm, 60 Taunton Hill Road, Hawleyville responded; 8:02 pm, alarm, 177 Walnut Tree Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Monday, January 13: 2:24 pm, alarm, 23 Commerce Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 4:46 pm, medical assist, Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 5:28 pm, alarm, 9 Gelding Hill Road, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded; 7:44 pm, medical assist, Turkey Hill Terrace, Botsford responded; 8:42 pm, alarm, 14 Middleton Road, Hook & Ladder responded.

Tuesday, January 14: 5:17 am, medical assist, Turkey Hill Terrace, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 10:12 am, medical assist, Shepaug Road, Sandy Hook responded; 9:18 pm, medical assist, Poverty Hollow Road, Dodgingtown responded.

Wednesday, January 15: 5:57 pm, initial report of a structure fire which turned out to be no problem, 3 Hearthstone Drive, Sandy Hook, Botsford, Hawleyville, and Hook & Ladder responded.

A plume of white smoke is rising from the roof of a single-family house at 5 Brookwood Drive in Dodgingtown on Thursday, January 9, after local volunteer firefighters put out a blaze that started near a boiler in the basement. —Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company photo

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Mark M. Passero, Sr

They clearly didn't get the message ! CUT THE BUDGET by 20% , not raise it ! Newtown spends $2,500,000.00 every week now ! It will be $2.6m if you approve it ! Who are these people not paying attention to the cost of living? Throwing money at the school administration will not make your kids any smarter ! We are at $22K per kid per year, that is insane ! CUT THE BUDGET ! Go show up and VOTE, because 1200 people who voted yes will show up again, and it's the 1200 people who decide your cost of living for years to come. 51% voters turnout should be mandated to approve the budget, not pathetic 15% of voters. Stop these nonsensical referendums and send everyone a card in the mail so we have a true outcome what people actually want.

Council Cuts $1.4 Million From School Budget

The town cuts down the Sandy Hook Christmas tree and now trashes this bridge. What next?

Sandy Hook Pedestrian Bridge Removed

All due respect, the headline to this article is misleading. The budget presented was a proposed budget that did not pass public referendum. There are no cuts to anything, rather a reduction in the Board of Education original asking dollars. As matter of fact, the current recommendation from the LC is an increase of 2.3M more than the previous budget from 2023/24.

Some background on the Bus comment Mr Knapp made on not following policy. From ther Bee may 2023. Following a Request for Proposal (RFP), the school board learned at its March 15 meeting that only one bid came back for the school district’s transportation contract. The current contract with All-Star Transportation, which oversees the majority of bus routes for the district, is set to end at the end of this school year. At the May 3 meeting, district Director of Business & Finance Tanja Vadas said — reacting to Public Participation speaker Ryan Knapp who, among other things concerning the transportation contract, questioned the school district’s RFP process — she stands by the district’s RFP process “but other companies just didn’t bid.”

Concerns With Adherence To School District Policies

Additionally, they also anticipate over a $300,000 surplus for this fiscal year.

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