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Fire Reports | November 16-21, 2022

Published: Nov 28, 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, November 16: 2:36 pm, fire alarm, Alpine Drive, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded.

Thursday, November 17: 11:11 am, service call, Riverside Road, Sandy Hook covered; 1:27 pm, CO alarm, Mountain Manor Road, Sandy Hook responded; 3:34 pm, medical assist, Dickinson Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 5:23 pm, wires burning, Sugar Street, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 11:09 pm, motor vehicle accident (MVA) with injury, Wasserman Way/Oakview, Sandy Hook responded.

Friday, November 18: 6:44 am, medical assist, Toddy Hill Road, Botsford responded; 6:50 am, service call, Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder covered; 12:40 pm, structure fire, New Lebbon Road, Hook & Ladder, Sandy Hook, Hawleyville, Dodgingtown, and Botsford responded; 7:10 pm, service call, Appleblossom Lane, Hook & Ladder covered; 7:20 pm, vehicle fire, I-84 East on Exit 11 off ramp (see photo above), Sandy Hook responded; 8:59 pm, medical assist, Flat Swamp Road, Dodgingtown responded.

Saturday, November 19: 8:18 am, public service (Fill The Fire Trucks), 6 Queen Street, Hook & Ladder, Hawleyville, and Sandy Hook covered; 8:19 am, public service (Fill The Fire Trucks), 228 South Main Street, Botsford and Dodgingtown covered; 1:21 am, brush fire, I-84 West on Exit 9 off ramp, Hawleyville responded; 3:38 pm, service call, Hawleyville Road, Hawleyville covered; 4:10 pm, fire alarm, Edmond Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 6:39 pm, MVA with injury, Glen Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Sunday, November 20: 12:05 pm, tree/wires down, Castle Hill/Old Castle Drive, Hook & Ladder responded; 12:17 pm, service call, Lakeside Road, Sandy Hook covered; 1:52 pm, tree/wires down, Taunton Hill Road, Dodgingtown responded; 7:42 pm, CO alarm, Cobblers Mill, Sandy Hook responded.

Monday, November 21: 3:22 am, service call, Russet Road, Sandy Hook covered; 1:44 pm, mutual aid, Maple Road, Dodgingtown covered; 6:22 pm, medical assist, Southbrook Lane, Hook & Ladder responded; 6:43 pm, chimney fire, Lovells Lane, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 7:51 pm, brush fire, Yogananda Street, Sandy Hook responded.

Sandy Hook Firefighter Andy DeWolfe (left) and First Assistant Chief Andy Ryan direct water toward the engine compartment of a Volkswagen Tiguan that was destroyed by fire Friday, November 18. Firefighters were dispatched to the Exit 11 off-ramp, just east of its intersection with Wasserman Way, around 7:20 pm for the reported fire. The male operator of the vehicle was able to escape without injury. CT State Police blocked access to the ramp from I-84 while firefighters were on the scene, approximately 45 minutes. Newtown Police assisted with traffic, including clearing the vehicles that were caught on the exit ramp between the fire and the interstate. No additional information about the fire was available at press time. (Bee Photo, Hicks)

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I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!

Encouraging. The town budget squeaks by but the school budget got dinged. Let the games begin.

Who have you asked that didn't know where to cut? Its easy. Ideally, you would start with section 100 of the budget but the union prevents that. So I say you turn to page 18, put it on your dart board, and start reducing the head count. It's all you can do when the union controls the budget.

Vote Yes On April 23

The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).

Beth sorry for your loss Scott always talked about how much you loved your mom ❤️ Prayers for you and your family Gauvin Family

Susan Medve

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