The Fairfield Hills Authority has announced that it is looking for ideas for a Fairfield Hills logo to be used on signs on the campus and in official printed material. It should be interesting to see what Newtown's designers come up with.
The Fairfield Hills Authority has announced that it is looking for ideas for a Fairfield Hills logo to be used on signs on the campus and in official printed material. It should be interesting to see what Newtownâs designers come up with.
Fairfield Hills represents so many different things to some many different people. I supposed to do the place justice, you would have to work the following elements into a logo: a dog, a jogger, someone riding a bike, a baseball player, a wrecking ball, an environmental cleanup crew, a ghost hunter, a picketing protester, a meeting room full of people with their eyes glazed over, and, of course, a money pit. I suppose a catchy phrase might also be in order⦠something like, âFairfield Hills: Gateway To Queen Street.â
If you are feeling creative and would like to submit a logo for consideration, send your entry to the Fairfield Hills Authority, 28 Trades Lane, Newtown CT 06470 before the end of June.
It is so much easier for me to tuck a little credit card into my belled collar than it is to keep track of bills and change, so Iâm pleased as punch to hear that the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library will be accepting Visa and MasterCard for the first time this year at the Annual Book Sale, June 30 to July 5. Book sale volunteers have warned me that if I leave any items on the gym risers, along walls, or in the aisles, they will promptly be restocked. But Iâm not too worried about losing track of my selections or having to lug around armloads of books. A special holding room, sort of like a coat check room, will be provided on Saturday, June 30, and Sunday, July 1, where I can safely leave items while I continue to browse; then, pick them up, pay, and go.
And speaking of the book sale, they are still seeking volunteers to help set up the hundreds of thousands of volumes starting June 25. Iâm calling Mary Maki right now at 426-3889 to volunteer. Many paws make light work.
It seemed like it was Newtown Day at the Bridgeport Bluefish game on Sunday afternoon. I saw a Bee reporter, a Bee sales rep, several Newtown families, and Pack 470 was the color guard during the National Anthem. The Bluefish beat the Long Island Ducks, 11-7.
Looking at this weekâs list of fire calls, it seems like next to nothing happened during the past few days. Actually, plenty of stuff is happening. Itâs just that firefighters got so busy dealing with wind damage caused by the May 16 tornado, and its aftermath, that it seems like a regular busy week is kind of laid back.
Mary Ellen Harris is going topless these days. Donât worry, she isnât about to be arrested for public indecency or anything like that. No, Mary Ellen is celebrating the first summer of owning a Jeep Wrangler and being able to take off its hardtop. After owning a Suzuki Samurai for many years â which is close, but not really â to the joy of a Jeep, Mary Ellen purchased a red Jeep Wrangler a few years ago. The problem was, she didnât have a soft top for it and didnât want to have to keep taking off and putting on the hard top every time it looked like rain (any Jeep owner will tell you: those things are heavy! â¦which is why once theyâre off for the summer, they generally stay off and are replaced by the much-easier-to-manage soft tops). So she drove that Jeep with the hard top on all the time. Earlier this year, however, the red Jeep had to go to the Wrangler Graveyard and Mary Ellen had to find some new wheels. This time she got smart and picked up a soft top to go with her new Wrangler, and last week she finally found enough manpower to help her get that hard top off the Jeep. Sheâs been driving around âtoplessâ ever since (with a soft safari top in the back, just in case she gets caught in some rain).
I was saddened to see that flags across Connecticut were lowered again this week, this time to pay respects to US Army 1st Lt Keith Heidtman of Norwich, who was killed in Iraq on Memorial Day. Hook & Ladder firefighters were at the Main Street flagpole to lower the flag Wednesday morning. The last time the flag was lowered was less than a week ago, to honor Waterbury Fire Captain John Keane, who died of injuries he received while responding to a fire call on May 19. Captain Keaneâs funeral was on May 25, and members from all five of Newtownâs fire departments attended. Botsford Chief Wayne Ciaccia mentioned this week that two members of his company were at the funeral, as well as three from Hawleyville and two from Dodgingtown. Members of Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder also attended, but he wasnât sure how many were there because some of those local volunteer firefighters were attending as members of the Waterbury fire department they work for. The flag will eventually make its way back up the pole, but we shouldnât ever forget those we honor in this way.
And I will eventually make my way back here next week, so donât forget to â¦
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