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Fire Reports | June 15-21 2022

Published: Jun 27, 2022 06:00 AM

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:

Wednesday, June 15: 10:13 am, gasoline spill, South Main Street, Botsford responded; 3:01 pm, fire alarm, Butternut Ridge, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 4:02 pm, service call, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook covered; 5:01 pm, fire alarm, Owl Ridge, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded; 7:58 pm, motor vehicle accident (MVA) with injury, I-84 East on Exit 10 on-ramp, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded.

Thursday, June 16: 12:52 pm, fire alarm, Monitor Hill Road, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 1:08 pm, medical assist, Orange Pippin Road, Sandy Hook, Botsford, and Hook & Ladder responded; 4:55 pm, fire alarm, Flat Swamp Road, Dodgingtown and Hook & Ladder responded.

Friday, June 17: 1:21 am, gasoline spill, South Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 11:00 am, tree/wires down, Boggs Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:02 pm, wires burning, Philo Curtis Road, Sandy Hook responded; 4:17 pm, fire alarm, Edmond Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 4:36 pm, fire alarm, Edmond Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 8:49 pm, fire alarm, Watkins Drive, Sandy Hook responded.

Saturday, June 18: 8:59 am, tree/wires down, Poverty Hollow/Hopewell Road, Dodgingtown responded; 10:25 am, medical assist, Toddy Hill Road, Botsford responded; 11:30 am, water rescue, Lake Road, NUSAR, Hook & Ladder, and Sandy Hook responded; 11:39 am, outside fire, South Main Street/Swamp Road, Botsford responded; 4:41 pm, fire alarm, Boggs Hill Road, Dodgingtown responded; 4:54 pm, tree/wires down, Tamarack Road/Lafayette Trail, Hook & Ladder responded; 11:48 pm, medical assist, Waterview Drive, Sandy Hook responded.

Sunday, June 19: 2:08 am, fire alarm, High Bridge Road, Botsford responded; 2:55 pm, medical assist, Shut Road, Dodgingtown responded; 3:29 pm, tree/wires down, Great Ring Road, Sandy Hook responded; 4:32 pm, tree/wires down, South Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded.

Monday, June 20: 10:56 am, fire alarm, Ridge Road, Hook & Ladder and Dodgingtown responded.

Tuesday, June 21: 7:51 am, MVA with injury, I-84 West between Exits 11 and 10, Sandy Hook responded; 10:12 pm, fire alarm, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Referendum At Midpoint: 5% Turnout Reported

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Teachers Union - nuff said.

Vote No To The BOE Budget And No it Should Not Be Higher

Newtown schools have degraded over the 3+ decades I've lived here as the concentrated social experiment curricula driven by the state and small but loud groups. Yet we continue to dig into our pockets while we witness the downward spiral.

Vote Yes On April 23

Unfortunately as voter turnout continues to decline the chances of it increasing also decline. The LC and BOF already know that the budget will be approved by virtue of the low turnout so why try to make smart decisions? The so-called referendum is essentially just a rubber stamp. They will continue to increase the budget by 2-5% every year because it's low enough to not cause a pushback under the cover of "inflation" and "maintaining the schools." Sending the budget to vote with 9% turnout is meaningless and a waste of resources on April 23rd.

Go Out And Vote April 23

I have seen Mr. Pisani repeatedly assert in the pages of the Bee that Newtown schools are "testing at a failing 64.9%". I'd be curious if he could elaborate on this statistic, as I have been unable to verify it independently. Which test exactly is our school system failing? How do our schools compare to other towns? How does our score compare to historical measures? It's very hard to draw conclusions from a single data point, so here are a few more data points to think about for context: Newtown is consistently ranked among the top 20 school districts in CT by the US News and World Report and Niche, which consider a range of performance metrics in their rankings; on average, Newtown students perform similar to, if not better than, students in neighboring school districts on standardized math and reading tests; the only data point on the CT Department of Education District Report Card where Newtown "fails" -- that is, falls behind the state average -- is access to art instruction. I'm glad the council member has acknowledged in this letter what taxpayers in high-performing (and high-spending) school districts like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport already know: "School funding does impact student achievement." Please keep that in mind when you vote this week!

All I Ask Is That You Think About It

An investment is done with a hope for a return. The operative term here is 'hope'.

Continue To Invest In Newtown’s Schools

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