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Fire Reports | February 4-10, 2026

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Wednesday, February 4: 8:40 am, medical assist, Swamp Road, Botsford responded; 1:49 pm, cover assignment, 7 Fleetwood Lane, Brookfield, Hook & Ladder and Hawleyville responded; 5:09 pm, service call, 27 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder and Hawleyville responded; 10:53 pm, fire alarm, 16 Ardi Court, Sandy Hook responded; 11:04 pm, medical assist, Aunt Park Lane, Dodgingtown and Hook & Ladder responded.

Thursday, February 5: 9:28 am, medical assist, Walnut Tree Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 12:28 pm, fire alarm, 27 Housatonic Drive, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 5:29 pm, electrical fire, Dodgingtown and Hook & Ladder responded.

Friday, February 6: 2:47 am, motor vehicle accident (MVA), 51 Mt Pleasant Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:33 pm, medical assist, Walnut Tree Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 10:26 pm, fire alarm, 228 South Main Street, Botsford responded.

Saturday, February 7: 11:35 am, fire alarm, 228 South Main Street, Botsford responded; 12:26 pm, fire alarm, 14 High Bridge Road, Botsford responded; 1:44 pm, service call, 40 Turkey Hill Terrace, Botsford responded; 3:06 pm, fire alarm, 14 High Bridge Road, Botsford responded; 6:34 pm, fire alarm, 14 High Bridge Road, Botsford responded; 8:07 pm, fire alarm, 2 Jet Brook Road, Dodgingtown responded; 10:22 pm, tree/wires down, 227 Hattertown Road, Dodgingtown responded.

Sunday, February 8: 12:02 am, fire alarm, 60 Taunton Hill Road, Hawleyville responded; 12:41 am, wires burning, 55 Sugar Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 6:45 am, service call, 14 Daniels Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:36 am, fire alarm, 18 Tunnel Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 3:38 pm, medical assist, Deerfield Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 3:52 pm, fire alarm, 61 Bears Hill Road, Botsford responded; 4:59 pm, fire alarm, 19 Main Street, Dodgingtown responded; 5:30 pm, structure fire, 150A Hanover Road, all companies responded; 5:47 pm, tree/wires down, Orchard Hill and Pebble Roads, Botsford responded.

Monday, February 9: 8:17 am, gas leak, 153 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 8:32 am, MVA, Mt Pleasant Road and Splendid Place, Hawleyville responded; 12:02 pm, medical assist, Turkey Hill Terrace, Hook & Ladder, Botsford, and Sandy Hook responded.

Tuesday, February 10: 7:14 am, fire alarm, 123 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 8:01 am, MVA, 142 Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville responded; 12:31 pm, MVA, 33 Butterfield Road, Hawleyville responded; 1:03 pm, fire alarm, 301 South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 1:27 pm, fire alarm, 228 South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 2:51 pm, fire alarm, 31 Jo Al Court, Hook & Ladder and Hawleyville responded.

Hawleyville Volunteer Fire & Rescue, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, and Newtown police all responded to Butterfield Road immediately west of its intersection with Georges Hill Road around 11:45 am Tuesday, February 10, after a 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLC crashed into a utility pole there. The collision closed the road for approximately 30 minutes. The driver of the SUV was transported to the hospital. Additional details were unavailable before this week’s paper went to press. —Bee Photo, Hicks

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This article notes that a “director of operations is largely the same thing as a town administrator.” But, the Charter states that “[t]he First Selectman shall be the Chief Executive and Administrative Officer of the Town...” So, it appears that Newtown already has a town administrator. Also, the Charter outlines some of the responsibilities of the Administrative Officer (i.e., First Selectman), for example, in sections 4-40 [employees], 6-05(b) [creating a budget], and 7-15(d) [purchasing]. Would the Director of Operations have any say over employee performance reviews and decisions related to hiring or dismissing employees? Would s/he be the one to work with individual departments when developing a budget? Would s/he be considered a purchasing authority? If not, then how will the position actually help reduce the administrative workload that the First Selectman now does? Also, will the position include enough leadership responsibilities to entice those with the skills that the town needs to offload those responsibilities from the First Selectman? Perhaps answers to these questions (and more) could be a part of the work of the next Charter Revision Committee.

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A very Happy Birthday to Mary Allen on this momentous occasion. During my time as First Selectman, I found great joy in participating in centennial celebrations at Stone Bridge and throughout Newtown. Providing a formal citation for a milestone like yours remains one of my proudest memories of public service.

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Under Herb's proposal it sounds like day-to-day operations he used to manage as a FS will be handed off to an unelected bureaucrat either way, with the only choice the voters may have is if they will do so with a figurehead FS in place as well.

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