When the Legislative Council last week defeated the request for an addition to the Cyrenius H. Booth Library, those who voted against the matter reasoned that there were other priorities before the town which should take precedence over the library
When the Legislative Council last week defeated the request for an addition to the Cyrenius H. Booth Library, those who voted against the matter reasoned that there were other priorities before the town which should take precedence over the libraryâs expanding. One of those mentioned was a possible addition to the high school, which is overcrowded now and predicted to remain so for eight to ten years.
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A coalition of four groups seeking to block the expansion of Route 25 through Trumbull and eventually Newtown, has so far completed two days of hearings in New Haven before US District Judge Ellen Bree Burns. Peter B. Copper, an attorney representing the coalition, which includes the Newtown-based Environmental Study and Protection, said last Friday that two witnesses have been heard from so far. The coalition, which is seeking temporary and permanent injunctions against construction of the route by the State Department of Transportation, also includes the Trumbull Council of Concerned Citizens, the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, and the Connecticut Citizen Research Group.
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The Borough Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing Tuesday, October 17, on an amendment to the Borough Zoning Regulations proposed by Atty Mark V. Oppenheimer, owner of the former Budd house across from Edmond Town Hall, which would allow establishment of âhistorical preservation zonesâ within the prescribed zones now provided in the regulations.
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It looked like rain and the weather could have been better but most members of Fairfield Hills drug and adolescent units said they were glad to be out anyway. Tuesday, October 3, Fairfield Hills residents, their supervisors, and members of the Park and Recreation Department spent all day clearing a five mile stretch of trail in the Paugusset State Forest. Starting at the Hanover Road state boat launching ramp, the trail goes through the woods along Lake Lillinonah to Albertâs Hill Road.
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Newtown Housing for the Elderly Inc representatives told the Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday that they have 118 preapplications on file from elderly persons wanting to obtain housing in the present 40 units of the townâs housing for the elderly project, Nunnawauk Meadows. A real need for additional housing for senior citizens was stressed, as NHE Inc sought an amendment to the zoning regulations to permit the number of dwellings in Nunnawauk Meadows to double to 80 units. The nonprofit corporation owns the housing project.
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Newtown High School has announced that Toni Agent, Peter Goebel, Bridget Greaves, Sarah MacLellan, Lisa Marki, Judith Scanlon, and Cynthia Shope have been named commended students in the twenty-fourth annual (1979) National Merit Scholarship Program.
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David Thompson of the joint open space subcommittee of the Planning & Zoning, Conservation, and Park & Recreation commissions accomplished at least a part of his goal last week when the Planning & Zoning Commission acted on a 68 acre, 30-plus lot subdivision off Toddy Hill Road which was proposed by Tedesco Builders of Waterbury. P&Z had earlier rejected the subdivision, including two parcels of open space of approximatley four and ten acres. But this time around, Mr Thompson strongly urged the commission to recommend acquiring the open space to the Legislative Council.
OCTOBER 16, 1953
It has come to the attention of The Bee that chairmen of several of the district committees on zoning have been asked whether adoption of the special act, permitting zoning in Newtown by school districts, will entail any salary expense for members of the Zoning Commission or Board of Appeals. In this connection, the Town Development Committee wishes to make it clear that no provision is made for remuneration to the members of either board who, it is expected, will serve the town in that capacity without any financial compensation.
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Miss Andra McLaughlin, one of the top skaters in the country who recently turned professional, is on her way to Europe where she opens next month in a musical comedy on ice, Sinbad the Sailor, which is to play at Empress Hall, London, running from the end of November to the latter part of April next year.
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Miss Ann Andersonâs Newtown High School girls are undefeated so far and have a record of three straight wins over their Housatonic Valley opponents. Last Thursday, October 8, they traveled to Washington, returning with a 6-0 win. Gertrude Ferris chalked up two of the three goals, while Martha Kearns took a neat pass from Marjorie Burr and scored the third two pointer. Coach Anderson states that her half backs played exceptionally well. Ruth Dean, Nancy Rasmussen, and Marjorie Burr have been filling the half back positions.
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A party consisting of Dr J. Benton Egee, Royal Spaulding, Richard Herring, Frank Hubbell, Timothy Reardon, and Joseph Samperi left Newtown on Wednesday morning for a ten-day hunting trip in Nova Scotia.
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The third annual dinner of the 25 Year Service Club of Fabric Fire Hose Company will be held Tuesday evening, October 20, at La Ronda, at 7 oâclock. As in previous years, recognition will be given to members of the club, a number of whom have records of employment with the Fabric Fire Hose Company of many more years than the quarter century which is requisite for club membership.
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The first pack meeting of the fall season will be held next Wednesday, October 21, at 7:30 pm in the Edmond Town Hall gymnasium at which time all Newtown Cub Scouts and parents are cordially invited to attend, the Cubs in costume but unmasked. Cubmaster William Potter has been working with the boys in all dens preparing a program of entertainment for the parents.
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The Newtown Parent Teachers Association will hold its reception for the faculties of both Hawley and the Newtown High Schools in the latter buildingâs gymnasium, Queen Street, next Tuesday evening, October 20, at 8 oâclock. Townspeople, whether members of the PTA or not, are most cordially invited to attend.
OCTOBER 12, 1928
W.A. Upham is improving his property at Uphamâs Japanese Tea Gardens by placing a cedar pergola on the little island in the lake.
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Several from Newtown and other towns in The Beeâs territory will attend the 19th annual fair of the Union Agricultural Society of Barkhamsted, Colebrook and Hartland at Riverton on Colonial Day, Friday, October 12.
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The residence of Miss Annie Sanford is being newly painted. New roofs of tin have been placed on the piazza by John Haugh, the Sandy Hook plumber and tinsmith.
OCTOBER 16, 1903
Miss Sadie Minor, the popular lady clerk at the store of R.H. Beers & Company, attended the Danbury Fair Saturday.
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The Hawleyville freight yards were congested with freight trains, Friday and Saturday, caused by the washouts at the Highland Division Friday near Fishkill and Newburgh, N.Y.
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Miss Susie Minor assisted at the store of R.H. Beers and Company Saturday during the absence of her sister.
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Ex-Senator Houlihan, who was in New York Friday attending the Tousey will hearing, was caught in the great downpour and cloud burst while on the way to the court house.
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W.J. Brew and James Coles, who have been on jury duty in the US Circuit Court since June, returned home last week, Thursday night, the term of the court having ended.
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E.L. Johnson took in the excursion to Pittsfield, Mass. Wednesday night, visiting his son, Lee M. Johnson, at Flintstone Farm, Dalton, Mass.
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They are having a fight with the mosquito on the Suez Canal, and the efforts which are being employed seem to be meeting with success.
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The people who are automobile fiends are saying that the new methods of locomotion are bound to supersede the railroads.