Congested Church Hill Road serving as the major east-west access between the center of Newtown and the fastest growing part of town, Sandy Hook, is being viewed as a prime problem in the update of the town's plan of development for the next 20 year
Congested Church Hill Road serving as the major east-west access between the center of Newtown and the fastest growing part of town, Sandy Hook, is being viewed as a prime problem in the update of the townâs plan of development for the next 20 years by members of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Commissioner Al Denslow suggested exploring with the State of Connecticut and Fairfield Hills Hospital if a right of way for a connector road could be obtained on the perimeter of the hospitalâs property.
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The Girls Scout, the worldâs largest organization for girls, is beginning its 70th year on March 12 and throughout the country Girl Scout Week is being observed. Newtown has a very active Girl Scout program involving 28 troops, from the Brownie to the Senior level, and close to 400 girls take part.
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A gala Casino Night, complete with dinner and dancing, will be held on Saturday, March 28, to benefit the 1981 Newtown Summer Festival. Proceeds from the Casino Night will help finance the nonprofit Summer Festival events including: a picnic and fireworks display on July 4, a block party on August 1, and the Labor Day parade on September 7.
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Volunteers wishing to serve on the advisory board of Host Homes met Wednesday, February 24, to begin organizing under the sponsorship of Newtown Jaycees, who launched the program which offers temporary refuge to youths in crisis on January 21.
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Last week the Newtown Hockey and Skating Associationâs Pee Wee team skated against two teams it lost to early in the season. The Pees avenged both defeats to raise their record to 17-2-4.
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Service to the community is an area emphasized throughout the scouting experience. And area Girl Scouts are doing their best to see that some members of Newtownâs elderly community are not ignored. Mrs Marguerite Gillette, 85, of Newtown was adopted by the troops during a small ceremony. The scouts presented her with an afghan of knitted and crocheted squares that they have worked on for the past few months.
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A $250,000 grant application filed in March, 1980, for the second phase of development of the new town park on Philo Curtis Road in Sandy Hook, is threatened by the Reagan Administrationâs federal spending cutbacks, Newtown Grants Administrator Zita McMahon has learned.
March 9, 1956
An out-of-season thunderstorm Tuesday night caused considerable local damage in at least two localities in town and widespread trouble in the distribution systems of the Housatonic Public Service Company and the Southern New England Telephone Company.
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A spectacular accident occurred at 1:10 Wednesday afternoon when a tractor-trailer rig hauling a power shovel for the Di Michael and Franzi Construction Company of Torrington went out of control as it was descending Snake Hill on Route 6, near the Route 25 intersection, plowed up a large section of the north bank of the highway and overturned. No other vehicles were involved.
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This yearâs taxes imposed by the town on property will rise two mills on each dollar of assessed valuation to a new high of 29 mills if the recommendation of the Board of Finance is accepted at the adjourned annual town meeting next Thursday night, March 15, at 8 oâclock in Edmond Town Hall.
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The panel discussion of social problems of youth in the home, school and community provided a Parent-Teacherâs Association meeting of unusual interest Tuesday evening in the cafeteria of the Newtown High School. An atmosphere of informality prevailed with discussions ranging from allowances, spending, part-time work, use of the family car with the insurance angle, dating, curfews, proper school attire, parties, need for a teen canteen, to what young people expect of parents.
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Dr D.W. Kern, director of admissions at the University of Bridgeport, spoke to the members of the eighth grade last week about the need of having a good scholastic average during the four years of high school. Dr Kern stressed the fact that in 1960 the college attendance will have increased greatly and a good academic record will be an important factor to college admissions.
A report by the Public Utilities Commission of its investigation of complaints of service of the Housatonic Public Service Company from HPS customers in Newtown, Brookfield and Bethel was issued this week. The detailed report states that the investigation substantiates certain complaints dealing with service interruptions and unsatisfactory public interruptions and unsatisfactory public relations, but does not back up criticisms dealing with the entire distribution system.
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The Newtown Visiting Nurse Association, Inc, through its Board of Directors and its president, Mrs Richard F. Burdett, wishes it known that the association has no connection with a current magazine drive being conducted in town in which the name of the VNA has been used as a sales tie-in.
March 6, 1931
A new addition, 60 feet long by 20 feet wide has been added to the east side of the Liberty Garage and has been divided into three rooms. In the front attractive large windows have been installed and this room will be used as a show room for motor cars and an office. The garage makes a most attractive appearance.
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My dear Commissioner: At the January meeting of the Newtown Chamber of Commerce it was voted to have the secretary write to you for action to be taken upon the following: That a stop light of some kind be put at Sandy Hook by the bridge, as it is a very dangerous corner. That a stop light be placed some way where the Bethel road joins the Newtown road. There seems to be a lot of accidents there. That some kind of a flash light be placed upon the flag pole at Newtown street, or take the pole down.
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The Music Study Club, under the direction of Miss Louise Nichols, met Saturday at the home of Miss Marion Honan. The meeting was in charge of Lucille Waterhouse, Beulah Strasburger and Florence Anderson, who read interesting articles on the lives of famous composers.
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Work on the buildings at the Fairfield State Hospital is going steadily forward under the capable direction of Superintendent McNamee. The steel has now been erected on six of the buildings, and brick laying is going forward.
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Louie Lovell has placed in his up-to-date garage, one of the new sliding overhead doors, put in by the Overhead Door Corporation, Hartford City, Ind.
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There was an unfortunate auto accident on the state road near James Farrellâs when the auto of John Shepard skidded on the slippery road and crashed into the car of R.J. Gulliver, who was driving a Buick and then struck the car, a Ford, driven by John Hampton, which was pushed into the fence. No one was injured to any extent in the mix-up.
March 9, 1906
The pupils of the High school enjoyed a talk on chemistry from Rev R.E. Danforth, who gave in substance the interesting lecture he delivered before the Menâs club.
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The March meeting of the Menâs club will be held on Tuesday evening, the 13th, at the Grand Central hotel. Dr F.J. Gale will be the host. The essayist will be John J. Northrop, his subject being âGen Robert E. Lee.â
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W.C. Johnson housed 400 tons of ice, Friday and Saturday, in his Tinkerfield ice house. Had the storm held off one day he would have filled the house.
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Hawleyville Likely To Enjoy A Boom The layout is all surveyed and it is only a question of getting the contracts before the grading and double tracking of the Highland division east, from a point west of Danbury, will begin. The experiment of using Hawleyville as a distributing point has been tried and found so very satisfactory that it is now practically settled as to what the New Haven people intend to do at this point.
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A.H. Ferry of Hopewell had his nice collie dog bitten by a mad dog last week. Mr Ferry succeeded in killing the mad dog.
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SANDY HOOK LIBRARY: The books were removed, last Monday, from the temporary quarters over Betts & Betts, generously provided by them without charge since the fire, to the new building which is to be the permanent home of the library. All books belonging to the library are now called in and none will be given out at present. The plan is to classify, make a card catalogue, and a printed list for public use. We hope that we shall have when this work is done, 1,000 volumes.