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Fire Reports | August 6-12, 2025

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Wednesday, August 6: 6:58 am, fire alarm, 214 Sugar Street, Dodgingtown and Hook & Ladder responded; 8:13 am, fire alarm, 52 Taunton Lake Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 10:37 am, gas leak, 213 Brookside Court, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 10:49 am, medical assist, Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 1:41 pm, fuel spill, 167 Toddy Hill Road, Botsford responded.

Thursday, August 7: 10:52 am, fire alarm, 4 Harvest Common Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 3:59 pm, motor vehicle accident (MVA), I-84 East Exits 8 & 9, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 7:02 pm, service call, 235 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 10:06 pm, medical assist, West Farm Ridge Road, Dodgingtown responded.

Friday, August 8: 10:31 am, cover assignment, 461 Main Street South, Southbury, Sandy Hook responded; 12:03 pm, fire alarm, 10 Country Squire Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 12:09 pm, CO alarm, 29 Cedar Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded.

Saturday, August 9: 11:15 am, medical assist, Brookside Court, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 12:24 pm, MVA, Hawleyville and Currituck Roads, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 1:59 pm, fire alarm, 139 Toddy Hill Road, Hook & Ladder, Botsford, and Sandy Hook responded; 2:48 pm, medical assist, Dodgingtown Road, Dodgingtown responded; 4:06 pm, brush fire, 26 Hawleyville Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 8:17 pm, structure fire, 301 South Main Street, all companies responded.

Sunday, August 10: 4:39 am, service call, 15 Valley Field Road South, Sandy Hook responded; 5:56 am, MVA, I-84 West Exits 10 & 9, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:04 am, service call, 105 Haley Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 12:01 pm, service call, 25 Saint George Place, Sandy Hook responded; 6:29 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 6 Shamrock Lane, Botsford responded.

Monday, August 11: 9:14 am, medical assist, Brushy Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 11:24 am, medical assist, Floral Heights Road, Dodgingtown responded; 12:40 pm, fire alarm, 33 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 5:29 pm, fire alarm, 72 Main Street, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 6:38 pm, flag detail, Main Street and Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:29 pm, wires down, 382 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 8:22 pm, medical assist, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Tuesday, August 12: 9:52 am, fire alarm, 9 Covered Bridge Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 3:41 pm, tree/wires down, 19 Sturges Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 4:46 pm, service call, 34 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:11 pm, medical assist, Winter Ridge Road, Sandy Hook responded; 9:19 pm, medical assist, South Main Street, Botsford responded; 9:19 pm, medical assist, Toddy Hill Road, Botsford responded; 10:24 pm, MVA, 309 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded.

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You’re absolutely right — no one should ever feel unsafe in their own home. Being startled awake by violent banging at your door late at night is no joke, and it’s a stark reminder that danger can come without warning. That’s why I’m thankful for the right to protect ourselves, our families, and our property. In a moment like that, you don’t get a second chance to call for help before you act — you have to be prepared. Our homes should be a place of peace, not fear, and the ability to defend them is a right worth safeguarding.

Kathy, your countdown to the “end of the Trump Circus” sounds more like a preview for the greatest show on earth. It’s refreshing to finally have a team that knows how to work without a net. It sure beats the stale, grey bureaucrats who’ve been shuffling paper for decades and calling it “public service while literally being asleep at the wheel. With all the juggling, tightrope acts, and cannon shots you describe, why wouldn’t we want an encore? Forget 1,258 days, keep counting, Kathy—just remember, the circus doesn’t end when you think it does. Sometimes, the ringleader just announces a second show.

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I can’t help but wonder how many young people heard this advice as a life lesson: cheating is fine if the other side cheats first. What does that teach about character? About fairness? About playing by the rules even when it’s hard? Sports are supposed to instill integrity, teamwork, and resilience. When we replace those values with “win at any cost,” we risk raising a generation who believe that bending or breaking the rules is acceptable if it gets them ahead. And I wonder — how many of those players, years later, carried that lesson into other parts of their lives? How many crossed ethical lines in business, relationships, or even the law, because they’d been told that it’s okay to do wrong if you feel wronged? A society that embraces “two wrongs make a right” doesn’t become more just — it just becomes more wrong.

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It’s pretty clear that David completely missed the point. The comment about building a stadium—just like the tongue-in-cheek suggestion of suing Newtowners for “being stupid”—was obviously satire. If Dave took the stadium idea literally, maybe the “stupid” comments struck a little closer to home than he’s willing to admit. Sometimes satire isn’t meant to be taken at face value—but then again, if you have to explain the joke, maybe that’s part of the problem.

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