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By SUE EVANUSKA

Published: Mar 21, 2000 12:00 am

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LETâS PARTY! â âA musical extravaganzaâ featuring Newtownâs best-kept secrets of song, great food, and plenty of dancing. Amazing auctionables. Have fun and support a very worthy cause at the same time!!

Mark your calendar â Saturday, April 15, 7:30 pm at the Fireside Inn. This is a fundraising event for Newtown Youth Services. Tickets are $30 and available at NYS, Bob Tendlerâs office, Dr Gellertâs office, and at Newtown Cleaners. Please call the NYS office for info!

Parenting Programs

âPARENTING IN THE TEEN ZONEâ â Attention parents of middle and high school students. Does it seem like an alien has taken over the body of your teen or almost teen? If you answered âyes,â the âTeen Zoneâ program may be for you. On April 3, 10, 17, 24, and May 1, from 7:30 to 9 pm, the St Rose Parish Nurse Ministry will once again host this informative and enjoyable series. Open to the public, it will be held in the Msgr Conroy Room of the school. Cost is $25 per person or $35 per couple.

For further information or to register, please call the NYS office at 270-4335.

FATHERSâ NIGHT â Next evening for Dads will be Monday, April 17, beginning at 7:30 pm.

Afterschool Programs For Middle School Students

PASSAGES â

Spaces are going quickly. Donât miss your opportunity.

March 30 â â$$$ - How To Make The Most Of Itâ presented by Nancy Adams from Newtown Savings Bank. Come learn the various ways you can manage money earned from babysitting, yard work, allowance, etc.

April 5 â âGetting Off On The Right Footâ presented by the NHS Youth Advisory Board (YAB). Informational video presentation and discussions ranging from the various activities available and high school myths will be part of the program. Bring all your questions!

April 12 â âSo, You Want To Be A Vet?â This program will be offered by Dr Neal Warner, Newtown Animal Clinic. We will tour the clinic and learn exactly what is involved in the day of a vet. Limit 10. FILLED â WAITING LIST AVAILABLE.

April 19 â âSit, Stay, Down, Good Dog!â presented by Pam Kochuba, dog breeder and trainer. Come and work with various age dogs and learn what type of care each requires. Limit 10.

April 26 â âLess Is Moreâ presented by Dale Meier and Katie Moser. Weâll talk about skin care products, hair care, and appropriate make-up application. One lucky girl will receive a makeover. Limit 20.

All sessions, except the Newtown Animal Clinic, will be held at Newtown Youth Services. For further information or to register for any of these presentations, please call the NYS office at 270-4335.

Job Bank

Looking for a part-time job or need some extra cash? The NYS Job Bank may be able to help. Students 13 to 17 are welcome to fill out an application form. Please call Jessica Clark, Job Bank Coordinator, at 270-4335 for further information.

Community Events

NYS TALENT SHOW AUDITIONS will be held on March 28 and March 30 from 3 to 5 pm and April 3 and April 5 from 4 to 7 pm. Auditions will take place at NYS. The Talent Show is scheduled for Friday, May 12, 7 pm at the Newtown Middle School.

Youth Group Meetings:

The High School Youth Advisory Board (HS YAB) will hold a special meeting on Monday, March 27, at 6:30 pm.

The Middle School Youth Advisory Board (MS YAB) will next meet on TUESDAY, March 28, in the MS Teachersâ Lunch Room. The meeting will begin at 3:45 pm.

For planning purposes here are the meeting dates for the remainder of the year: Wednesday, April 5 at 3:45; Tuesday, April 25 at 8 am; Tuesday, May 9 at 3:45, and the final meeting will be on Wednesday, May 17 at 3:45.

All programs will take place at Newtown Youth Services, 41-A Main Street (next to Town Hall), unless noted. For further information on any of the above programs, please call Newtown Youth Services at 270-4335.

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It’s important to clarify the tone and context of Derek Pisani’s remarks, particularly the satirical line about suing Newtown for "Gross Stupidity." This was clearly a tongue-in-cheek jab at the exhausting culture of legal threats that’s become a staple on the local Facebook Group forums. It was a reflection of frustration over endless regulatory hurdles and obstructionism, and the desire to avoid common sense solutions not an insult aimed at residents. Satire, is meant to provoke thought and highlight the absurdities. If we are unable to distinguish between satire and literal threats, perhaps the comment hit closer to the truth than we’d like to admit. Rather than focusing on Pisanis style, we should be discussing the substance of what he’s pointing out: that Newtown’s progress is being routinely blocked by a small but vocal contingent who seem intent on saying “no” at every turn. They are saying no to any development, no to common sense solutions to crowd control, etc. Newtown deserves leaders who are willing to call things as they see them, even if their language ruffles feathers. That doesn’t mean they lack respect for constituents—it means they care enough to challenge the Mob and push for solutions. Isn't that what we elect people to do? I applaud Pisani's dedication, he certainly has earned my vote. Regardless, let’s not reduce conversation to tone-policing and outrage. Let’s focus on the issues that matter.

Who is Calling Newtowners Stupid?

Thank you for pointing out the trail access provisions included in the BOS motion—it’s an important clarification that deserves more attention in this conversation. If the development is, in fact, required to provide permanent free public access and commit to ongoing maintenance of this section of the Rochambeau Trail, that is a remarkably beneficial outcome for the town. oIt’s not every day that a private project shoulders the long-term burden of preserving and caring for a public historical corridor at no taxpayer cost—especially one that previously had no formal access, upkeep, or visibility. Let’s be honest: the idea that the only way to protect history is by preventing any development nearby is a rigid and unworkable standard. What’s being proposed here appears to strike a rare balance—historic preservation, public access, and smart development all rolled into one. That’s not a loss its a win. So rather than allowing a handful of voices to derail progress under the banner of “historic purity,” maybe it’s time to acknowledge the reality: this trail is better off with structured stewardship and visibility than remaining an overgrown ghost on old maps. Let’s move forward. Bring in the easement, bring in the public access—and yes, bring in the bulldozers!!! Progress and preservation can coexist. Let’s not let the NIMBY use fear or nostalgia keep us stuck in the past.

Discusses Rochambeau Trail And 6 Commerce Road

I've heard that several people are under the impression that the public might be banned from the Rochambeau Trail. Points 2 and 3 from the BOS motion (included in full below) make it clear that public access to the trail is part of the requirements for the developer. From what I understand, it requires free public access to the trail in perpetuity. Technically, this could be argued to be a "payment-in-kind," that attempts to balance public good with overall town growth. We can argue about weather that balance is acceptable and how the trail may be affected, but with the understanding that the trail is expected to be maintained as a publicly accessible trail regardless. July 15, 2024 Board of Selectmen approved motion: Discontinuance of Reservoir Road: Selectman Cruson moved the resolution: Resolved, that the Newtown Board of Selectmen, in accordance with Section 2-115(d)(8) of the Town Charter and Conn. Gen. Stat. §13a-49, and subject to the conditions set forth below, hereby discontinues an unimproved portion of Reservoir Road described as “Portion of Reservoir Road to be Discontinued “on that certain survey map which will be recorded on the Newtown Land Records titled “Map Showing Portion of Reservoir Road to be Discontinued” dated August, 2023 and revised September 15, 2023, and certified substantially correct by Gregory Szyszowski of SLR (the “Survey Map”), said discontinuance contingent and effective only upon the completion of the following: 1. The approval of an application for the development of land in the manner described in a letter from Attorney Thomas W. Beecher to First Selectman A. Jeffrey Capeci and Members of the Board of Selectmen dated May 30, 2024, pursuant to the “Residential Open Space Development” regulations of the Borough of Newtown by the Borough of Newtown Zoning Commission, and construction of that approval project within the timeframes required for special exception approval; 2. The inclusion of the discontinued portion of the road as part of the final Declaration of Conservation Restriction; 3. The conveyance of a mutually agreeable public easement to the Town of Newtown for pedestrian, bicycling, equestrian, and all other passive recreational uses (to exclude the use of motorized vehicles except as may be necessary by the Town or its designee to effectuate the purpose of the easement), and for municipal utility purposes; Be it further resolved, that Castle Hill Real Estate Holdings, LLC., its successors and assigns, shall not use any portion of the discontinued road as a vehicular road or access way to and from any developed portions of the property. Be it further finally resolved, that should any of the foregoing contingencies not occur, then the discontinuance contemplated herein shall not become effective and this resolution will become null and void. From: https://www.newtown-ct.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif12216/f/minutes/bos_7-15-24_min-_att_final.pdf

Is this paper road (roads that only exist on paper map but not in reality) even owned by the Town? Many roads that predate the Town's road standards are privately owned and were never accepted by the Town, such as many of the nonconforming roads around the lake communities where the property owners own right to the center line. That is something we had to deal with when working on the Roads Ordinance a few years back. We also had to deal with a private road to run the utilities to the new SHS.

For anyone who wants to know, I cant post a link here, but Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority has an entire website. Look up "HRRA whats in whats out"

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