*Tickets for the VOLUNTEER JAM show at The Meadows in Hartford I was telling you about last week are going on sale this weekend. The Jam returns to Hartford this year on Sunday, June 10, at 6 pm, with THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, .38 SPECIAL and DICKEY

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Mar 28, 2001 12:00 am

*Tickets for the VOLUNTEER JAM show at The Meadows in Hartford I was telling you about last week are going on sale this weekend. The Jam returns to Hartford this year on Sunday, June 10, at 6 pm, with THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, .38 SPECIAL and DICKEY BETTS.

Please note the ticket prices I gave you last week, which were pulled from the SFX Web site, have been changed. Seats in the pavilion are now $18.50 and $27.50, while lawn seating is $15 per person. I do apologize for any confusion.

Also going on sale this weekend are tickets for this yearâs Big Eighties Hair Scare: a concert by POISON with WARRANT, QUIET RIOT and ENUFF ZâNUFF all opening. This show will be on Friday, June 16, also beginning at 6 pm. Tickets for this show are $25 and $35 in the pavilion, $15 for the lawn.

Tickets for both shows will be available at the ctnow.com Oakdale Theater box office (because the Meadows on-site box office is not yet open for the season) by calling 203-265-1501, on the web at www.tickets.com, by calling tickets.com at 800-477-6849, or by visiting any tickets.com outlets including Strawberries Records.

*The former Our Place CafÃ© in Danbury (176 Osbourne Street; 791-2770) has a new owner and a new name. Richard Liveli is working with Mindsnap Promotions, an East Haven-based company, to bring live music back to Osbourne Street every Saturday night. Coming in to the club next weekend will be CYX XMAS and ANOTHER DARK DAY (April 7), with the remainder of the month as follows: April 14, VICIOUS CIRKILL and VITAMIN F; April 21, OF MY OWNâ¦, EVENTIDE and DISMAY; and April 28, EDIPUS, SWIFT and STILL LIFE.

*Details will be coming up in next weekâs Enjoy section, but the Newtown band PLAYBACK has undergone some personnel and outlook changes. The band is now called SUGAR, the lead singer is SHANNON DOOLEY, and the group has shows set up at Hot Shots II in Newtown on April 21 and 28, May 5 and 19, and June 8. The cafÃ© winds up March with a local talent showcase Saturday night. Call the club for details, 203-335-folk (3655).

*Acoustic CafÃ© in Bridgeport has a fantastic schedule this month, which includes a SWEETERTHAN WINE and SANS CHERUBS show on April 6. Also coming up will be the monthly WPKN benefit show on the 14th, a musiciansâ workshop on the 18th, and PATTY LARKIN on April 27. Details next week, I promise.

*AMORTAR has a pair of shows itâs pretty excited about in the next few months. The first one will be at City Hall, the club behind Curtis House Inn in Woodbury (506 Main Street South; 203-263-6265) on April 21, and the second is a return to Laszloâs Arts Cafe in Monroe (Main Street; 459-8889) on May 26.

This is a primarily rock band that plays songs that are also danceable (thatâs my word, yes; I like to invent my own verbs sometimes). The band is lead guitarist Danny, Pete on rhythm, six-string bassist Reggie, drummer Jason, and Susan on vocals. Danny writes the songs and Susan handles the lyrics for the bandâs original music, which has been recorded onto a four-song CD available at Amortarâs shows. Those attending the Monroe show in May will also be able to admire original paintings by Susan, which will be exhibited during the evening.

Until next week, Iâll be seeing you... on the road.

Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks, c/o Bee Publishing Co., 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown 06470, or shannon@thebee.com; or call The Bee office at 426-3141.

Shows listed on the calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

MARCH 30 â Bryan Adams at The Warner Theatre, Torrington; Culture at Toadâs Place New Haven (all ages), The Lightning and Above Suspicion opening; The Nerds at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury; Joe Proc at Carl Anthonyâs, Monroe; No Frills at Laszloâs Arts CafÃ©, Monroe; Big Blue at Next Stop CafÃ©, Bethel; Aztek Trip at The Webster Theater, Hartford (all ages);

March 31 â FUBAR at Tuxedo Junction; Local Talent Showcase at Acoustic CafÃ©, Bridgeport, featuring Dorie Colangelo, Darian Cunning, Chelsea Genzano & Christina Abbot; Edipus at Laszloâs Arts CafÃ©; Luxx at The Webster Theater, 30 Stones, Facing Sideways and Hard Luxury opening (all ages).

APRIL 1 â Bennett Harris at Next Stop CafÃ©, Bethel; Yngwie Malmsteen at The Webster Theatre, Hartford, Lizzy Borden, Core and Buff Daddy opening (all ages);

April 3 â The Pat McGee Band at Toadâs Place, New Haven (all ages);

April 5 âEric Johnson and Derek Trucks Band at The Webster Theatre; Dark Star Orchestra at Toadâs Place, Ink opening (all ages); Ferron at Acoustic CafÃ©, Bridgeport, Jerree Small opening;

April 6 â Riders on the Storm at Toadâs Place (all ages); Sol Dog at The Avenue CafÃ©, Black Rock; Leftover Salmon at The Webster Theatre;

April 7 â Chris Rello at Next Stop CafÃ©, Bethel; Cyd Xmas and Another Dark Day at Players (formerly Our Place CafÃ©), Danbury.

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Reservoir Rd. does indeed appear to have an interesting history that I often ponder as I hike the Rochambeau Trail. Early on it was apparently part of a main route from the center of the Borough to Taunton, which went up Mt. Pleasant Rd. and then roughly followed a watershed boundary from Mount Pleasant to Taunton Hill. When the current switchback road was built from West St. to Castle Hill in the 1800s, replacing the indirect route through the campground that Rochambeau used, the part of that original route to Taunton now known as Reservoir Rd. became redundant. But on an 1868 town map and topographic maps from 1892 and 1915, it looks like both routes were still maintained as roads. By the time of the 1934 aerial survey of CT, the connection to Mount Pleasant Rd. (maybe called Reservoir Rd. by then since the reservoir is visible) even had two outlets onto Castle Hill Rd. Since it is only shown as a partial dashed line on a 1953 topographic map, it may have stopped being maintained as a passable through road by then. But on a 1963 topographic map, where the section down to Knollwood Dr. had become a normal road again, the other end is shown as a dashed-line road, still with two connections to Castle Hill Rd., and a structure on the east side where one can still find remnants of a house today. Maybe a longtime resident can add comments about what it looked like in the 1950s and 1960s?

Clarity on Reservoir Road and the Rochambeau Trail

Please stop referring to your fellow Newtowners as the Mob. I was at the Legislative Council meeting where Mr. Pisani insulted the intelligence of a room full of Newtown voters; twice, and not in a satirical way. Plenty of new projects have been given the green light - the repurposing of the Taunton Press property is a welcome addition to Town, a new retail center is under construction on Church Hill Rd there are ongoing plans for the existing Fairfield Hills campus. Newtown is a wonderful place to live. Kudos to the Town officials who have managed to grow Newtown and maintain a small town feel, which may mean saying no to development more often than you would like. There will always be two sides to any proposal - different points of view are welcome and essential - name calling adds nothing to the conversation.

Who is Calling Newtowners Stupid?

Appreciate your perspective. Rather than litiate all of your opinions expressed here, here....I would like correct your opinion about the BOS having the final authority on road discontinuance decisions. State statute (CT GS 13a-49), requires the BOS' decision to be approvate by a majority vote at a regular or special town meeting (just like the one Newtown had a few years back to decide to spend the money to build an addition onto the High School). In towns that no longer have any town meetings, that responsibility would fall on the town's representaive government, or legislative body....in Newtown's case, our Legislative Council. Failure to follow this statutory process is but one of the reasons the town/the BOS is being sued.

There are many private roads in Newtown where they property owner owns right to the center line, for example this is often true in the lake communities. Many of these roads predate and do not conform to the Town's roads standard and therefore the Town never accepted them into the Town road system. Does the Town actually own this road?

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.

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*Tickets for the VOLUNTEER JAM show at The Meadows in Hartford I was telling you about last week are going on sale this weekend. The Jam returns to Hartford this year on Sunday, June 10, at 6 pm, with THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, .38 SPECIAL and DICKEY

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