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Fire Reports | May 27-June 2, 2026

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Wednesday, May 27: 3:47 pm, fuel spill, 99 Sugar Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:42 pm, fire alarm, 7 Nighthawk Lane, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 6:31 pm, motor vehicle accident (MVA), Dodgingtown and Cemetery Roads, Dodgingtown responded; 7:34 pm, service call, 153 Louis Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 7:42 pm, electrical problem, 59 Cedar Hill Road, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 10:33 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 20 Taunton Lane, Hawleyville responded; 10:40 pm, smoke/odor investigation, Taunton Hill and Plumtrees Roads, Hawleyville responded.

Thursday, May 28: 9:17 am, MVA, I-84 East Exits 9 & 10, Hawleyville responded; 10:47 am, fire alarm, 14 Vining Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 12:23 pm, brush fire, 98 Berkshire Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded.

Friday, May 29: 8:48 am, service call, 29 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:59 am, fire alarm, 7 Webster Place, Dodgingtown and Hook & Ladder responded; 3:43 pm, medical assist, Blue Spruce Drive, Botsford responded; 4:34 pm, service call, Church Hill Road and Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 5:33 pm, tree/wires down, 4 Dodgingtown Road, Dodgingtown responded; 8:06 pm, MVA, I-84 West Exits 13 & 11, Sandy Hook responded.

Saturday, May 30: 9:27 am, tree/wires down, 30 Parmalee Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:49 am, tree/wires down, 75 Flat Swamp Road, Dodgingtown responded; 10:23 am, MVA, I-84 East Exits 9 & 10, Hawleyville responded; 11:09 am, medical assist, Saw Mill Road, Botsford responded; 11:45 am, service call, 14 Riverside Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 12:06 pm, gas leak, 21 Dayton Street, Sandy Hook responded; 1:12 pm, tree/wires down, 51 Black Bridge Road, Sandy Hook responded; 1:18 pm, tree/wires down, 8 Mile Hill Road South, Hook & Ladder responded; 2:06 pm, tree/wires down, 1 Rowledge Pond Road, Botsford responded; 2:48 pm, tree/wires down, 3 Lands End Road, Hawleyville responded; 2:57 pm, tree/wires down, 5 Scudder Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:03 pm, tree/wires down, Elm Drive and Country Club Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 11:43 pm. structure fire, 5 Pinnacle Drive, all five companies responded.

Sunday, May 31: 7:06 am, tree/wires down, Great Quarter Road and Stone Bridge Trail, Sandy Hook responded; 3:10 pm, MVA, 100 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Monday, June 1: 10:31 am, fire alarm, 71 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 11:05 am, officer call, 50 Elm Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 11:37 am, fuel spill, 153 South Main Street, Botsford responded; 1:51 pm, tree/wires down, South Main Street and Glover Avenue, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:01 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 10 Cricket Trail, Sandy Hook responded.

Tuesday, June 2: 9:28 am, fire alarm, 19 Pine Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:55 am, fire alarm, 50 Hanover Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 11:18 am, fire alarm, 49 South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 12:41 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 48 Botsford Hill Road, Botsford responded; 1:04 pm, service call, 153 Louis Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 1:24 pm, medical assist, Suzie Drive, Botsford responded; 3:36 pm, cover assignment, 36 South Street, Bethel, Dodgingtown and Hawleyville responded; 7:12 pm, medical assist, Walnut Tree Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded.

On Friday, May 29, at approximately 4 pm, a Honda struck the flagpole at the intersections of Church Hill Road, West Street, and Main Street. While there was minor damage to the front end of the vehicle, traffic in the area was disrupted for about 20 minutes until Newtown Police, Newtown Hook & Ladder, and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps cleared the scene. An official police report was not available by press time Wednesday, June 3. —Bee Photo, Cross

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I’m not sure I would call this a victory lap. The contentious relationship between the NIMBY crowd and local builders has not served Newtown well. In fact, this kind of obstructionist approach is part of what leaves us with worse outcomes. We have already seen projects like the cinder block row housing on Oakview pushed through in ways many residents were unhappy with, and it is only a matter of time before a company like Vessel Technologies decides to block up an area like Castle Hill if we continue down this path. We need to learn how to work with builders, not meet every proposal with lawsuits, angry Facebook groups, and organized opposition. That does not mean residents should stay silent or accept every plan as presented. It means we should engage constructively, negotiate for better outcomes, and work toward development that fits Newtown rather than spending everyone’s money fighting until there are no good options left. Let’s learn to work together.

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"Think about women seeking reproductive healthcare." In which state does Brandon think he's running for office? If that's your moral imperative to run for office, move to Texas and insert yourself in their culture wars. Campaigns like this one choose the very odd "but Trump" angle because they have no other leg to stand on. Mitch has represented Newtown with integrity in Hartford, and it is evidenced by the complete lack of criticism of his record in the statements above.

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That may have been true in 1995-2008 when every new unit of housing had 1.5 kids, but with an aging population and declining birth rates, our demographics have stabilized and our enrolment has been decreasing for 20 years while population has remained relatively flat at 28k. Less people in the homes. Not all households use the same amount of services as 2/3rds of our budget is for education. For example, Senior housing uses very little services relative to the taxes they pay, and we recognize that with a Senior Tax Credit to keep them here. It is the same for one bedroom units. Age diversity distributes the costs of education, and housing diversity supports age diversity, allowing young people to live in town and seniors to downsize (freeing up their colonials for new families.) Newtown and R-2 zoning pushes a type of building geared towards families with kids, but 4,000 sq ft 4 br homes with big lawns to mow are not what young people or empty nesters are looking for or can justify at those phases of their lives. There is also a commercial aspect as CT business associations routinely support housing so their employees can afford to live close to their jobs. Commercial tax payers need employees, be it manufacturing, medical, retail, services or our restaurants. Without a workforce, commercial property is less desirable, the commercial assessments decline and more of the tax burden gets shifted onto residential at revaluation. Housing supports the school district too. Where can a bus driver afford to live in Newtown? Why would a bus driver commute to our community to drive a bus when the municipalities they can afford to live in also need bus drivers? Newtown schools would have to pay more to incentivize them to commute further (increasing traffic on the highways.) Its no wonder we have had a chronic a bus driver shortage.

It may seem like a foreign concept to a partisan political insider, but many in Newtown feel Mitch won by a larger margin because of his years of community focused constituent service, helping local families and businesses navigate state bureaucracy during COVID, and successfully advancing legislation, especially for seniors and our special education families.

Sad to see that Mrs. Pesce has passed. She was my teacher at Sandy Hook School Grade 4 1964-65. I believe it was her first year teaching, We shared the same birthday. She was my “favorite” teacher. May she RIP.

Judith Pesce

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