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Fire Reports | October 22-28, 2025

Published: Nov 03, 2025 8:00 am

Wednesday, October 22: 9:27 am, fire alarm, 35 Georges Hill Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 1:24 pm, fire alarm, 160 South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 1:30 pm, fire alarm, 40 High Bridge Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 5:20 pm, motor vehicle accident (MVA), Hook & Ladder responded.

Thursday, October 23: 12:42 am, fire alarm, 25 Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:24 am, medical assist, Saw Mill Road, Dodgingtown, Hawleyville, and Hook & Ladder responded; 12:47 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 1 Housatonic Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 12:56 pm, tree/wires down, 22 Shepaug Road, Sandy Hook responded; 3:30 pm, MVA, Main Street and Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:12 pm, outside fire, 11 Oak Ridge Road, Dodgingtown, Hook & Ladder, and Hawleyville responded.

Friday, October 24: 9:12 am, medical assist, Ox Hill Road, Dodgingtown responded; 6:01 pm, MVA, 26 Hawleyville Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 7:40 pm, outside fire, 11 Oak Ridge Road, Dodgingtown responded; 9:14 pm, service call, 12 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 10:32 pm, MVA, 21 Swamp Road, Botsford responded.

Saturday, October 25: 10:06 am, medical assist, Lantern Drive, Botsford responded; 2:06 pm, officer call, 7 Glen Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Sunday, October 26: 3:20 am, medical assist, Toddy Hill Road, Botsford responded; 1:13 pm, water rescue, 2 Shady Rest Boulevard, NUSAR responded; 4:19 pm, service call, 8 Simpson Street, Sandy Hook responded; 6:49 pm, cover assignment, 8 Cawdor Burn Road, Brookfield, Hawleyville responded; 7:13 pm, service call, 8 Simpson Street, Hook & Ladder and Hawleyville responded.

Monday, October 27: 2:24 am, fire alarm, 25 Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:56 am, gas leak, 274 South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 11:09 am, fire alarm, 92 Head Of Meadow Road, Dodgingtown and Hook & Ladder responded; 1:43 pm, fire alarm, 150 South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded.

Tuesday, October 28: 4:51 am, smoke/odor investigation, Toddy Hill and Botsford Hill Roads, Botsford responded.

Hawleyville, Newtown Hook & Ladder, and Dodgingtown Volunteer Fire companies, along with Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Newtown Police, all responded to an incident on Sawmill Road the morning of Thursday, October 23. Construction workers were replacing a driveway bridge at Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints that had been washed out in the storm of August 18, 2024. One of the workers was inside the dump truck, and became pinned between the tailgate and the bucket of the excavator. First responders companies were able to extricate the severely injured man from the dump truck and transported him to Danbury Hospital. —Donna Ball photo

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Well said. Sometimes we can get carried away a bit, so good to be encouraged to stay kind and enjoy the campaign.

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Perfect message, thanks Newtown Bee.

Get Out And Vote, And Urge Others To As Well!

Bruce’s letter paints a picture of runaway development, but the real story is the collapse of local cooperation — not the rise of §8-30g. That law has been on the books since 1990. For decades, towns and developers worked together to shape projects that made sense: added sidewalks, deeper setbacks, fewer units — genuine compromise. What’s changed isn’t the law, it’s the politics. A loud social media mob has made any compromise politically toxic. The “no growth” crowd demands nothing be built anywhere, ever, and bullies anyone who suggests otherwise. Planning and zoning boards no longer negotiate; they hunker down, hoping to appease the Facebook comment section. But here’s the irony — when compromise dies, developers stop compromising too. Once a project triggers §8-30g, the town can fight it, but state law ensures the developer will eventually win. So instead of working out a reasonable design, everyone heads to court. The developer doubles the unit count to pay for the lawyers, and the town burns taxpayer money trying to lose more slowly. That’s how we end up with the very projects the NIMBY mob fears — because they made reasonable development impossible. If people truly care about Newtown’s character, they need to stop the performative outrage and start engaging in real planning again. Screaming “no” to everything isn’t preservation — it’s self-sabotage.

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I’m honestly surprised Bruce had to look up what an “agreement in principle” means. After years of business experience and managing 200 people, I would have expected that term to be familiar by now. Hard to believe it’s a new concept at this stage in his career. Although rest assured Newtown, vote row A and when times get tough, we have Google to help the selectman.

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I asked AI what does agreement in principle mean An "agreement in principle" is a preliminary, non-binding understanding reached between two or more parties that outlines the fundamental terms of a future contract. It is considered a stepping stone toward a formal, legally enforceable agreement. This type of agreement is used to establish mutual intent and a basic framework for negotiations before the parties commit to a detailed, final contract.

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