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Fire Reports | April 17-April 23, 2024

Published: Apr 29, 2024 07:00 AM

Wednesday, April 17: 11:42 am, wires burning/arcing, Currituck/Signal Post Road, Hawleyville responded; 11:59 am, medical assist, George Hill Road, Hawleyville responded; 12:36 pm, medical assist, Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 3:27 pm, motor vehicle accident (MVA,) Main/Martin Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 3:30 pm, fire alarm, 3 Simm Lane, Hook & Ladder responded, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 6:47 pm, fire alarm, 8 Buck Trail, Botsford responded.

Thursday, April 18: 8:49 am, medical assist, Castle Meadow Road, Botsford responded; 8:35 pm, MVA, 259 South Main Street, Botsford responded.

Friday, April 19: 4 am, hazardous materials, Botsford Hill Road, Botsford responded; 9:31 am, gas leak, 46 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 10:13 am, CO alarm, Covered Bridge, Hawleyville responded; 11:01 am, CO alarm, 3 Bennetts Bridge, Sandy Hook responded; 11:27 am, MVA, Main Street/Church Hill, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 2:06 pm, fire alarm, 227 Berkshire Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 4:56 pm, appliance fire, 36 Watkins Drive, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 6:35 pm, CO alarm, 16 Webster Place, Dodgingtown responded.

Saturday, April 20: 2:25 pm, fire alarm, 44 Platts Hill Road, Botsford responded; 6:20 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 5 Mt Pleasant Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Sunday, April 21: 7:47 am, service call, 18 Riverside Road, Sandy Hook responded; 2:12 pm, brush fire, I84E Exit 11 on-ramp, Sandy Hook responded.

Monday, April 22: 2:55 pm, brush fire, I84W Exits 11&10, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 9:31 pm, outside fire, 169 Hanover Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 10:43 pm, fire alarm, 14 Merlins Lane, Dodgingtown responded.

Tuesday, April 23: 5:19 pm, medical assist, Walnut Tree Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Reminder: Lower Flags Tomorrow For Peace Officers Memorial Day

Music Inspired By Shakespeare’s Plays, Sunday At The Meeting House

BOE Referendum, Round Two, UnderwayRegistered Newtown voters are heading to the polls today, for the second attempt by the Board of Education to get a budget for the 2024-25 academic year passed.Registered Newtown voters are heading to the polls today, for the second attempt by the Board of Education to get a budget for the 2024-25 academic year passed.All voting is again taking place at Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street. Polls opened at 6 am and will remain open until 8 pm.Following a rejection of the school budget by 507 votes at a referendum on April 23, the Legislative Council at its April 29 meeting slashed $1,408,307 from the Board of Education’s proposed 2024-25 budget.The reduction was unanimously approved by all 12 councilmen, in contrast to a previous, pre-referendum meeting on March 27, where no bottom line for the school budget drew more than a simple majority of seven votes.The new bottom line of $87,409,066 is a $2,339,415 or 2.75% spending increase over the 2023-24 budget, which places it in line with the municipal budget, which was passed by voters.The previous proposed 2024-25 BOE budget rejected by voters was $88,817,373, which would have been a $3,747,722 or 4.4% spending increase.The education budget failed, 1,701 No votes to 1,194 Yes votes.On the secondary question to the education budget — If the proposed sum for the Board of Education is not approved, should the revised budget be higher? — the responses were 727 Yes and 2,071 No.The Registrar of Voters reported 15.1% of Newtown’s registered voters participated in the April 23 referendum, with 2,952 people showing up at the middle school to vote and another 47 turning in absentee ballots.

Dozens Attend Friends Of Edmond Town Hall’s First Annual Gala

Walker On ‘Water Conservation,’ Next Garden Club Meeting

It is a shame but yes, we are so broke... The NIMBY crowd will not allow any new development so there is no ability to add to the tax base... got to hire strangers to park at our schools, and grocery stores and sneak around on our property to ensure our kindergartners Spanish class doesn't get canceled.

Council Approves Money For Vehicle TaxRecovery

I was the recipient of such a invasion of my privacy when my daughter was visiting her boyfriend in Waterbury. They tried to get me to pay them taxes instead of Newtown. They were rude, offensive and threatening and I had to call the mayor of Waterbury to finally get it cleared up after being threatened. It was a long drawn out process to get this overturned. Are we that broke that we have to turn our residents over to these mercenaries? This is beyond belief. How dare you hire these rent a cops to harass and threaten us?

Thanks for the quote, many people don’t realize Newtown does not exist in a silo and we have peers to benchmark against. For example Trumbull also spends less per student and outperforms us. ALL students benefit from consistent policies and quality education. Affordability matters, especially to less affluent families which tend to skew more heavily minority based on census data.

Newtown Cares About Its Students, Not Just The Numbers

Why should it be a town decision? The town does not own the land. This town is not one big HOA.

Development Of Unprotected Land Could Permanently Change Character Of The Borough

Spot on, tomj. One's personal life, family and/or business will be targeted if they're an outspoken R in this town.

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