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Fire Reports | November 19-November 25, 2025

Published: Dec 01, 2025 8:00 am

Wednesday, November 19: 10:49 am, service call, 92 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 5:14 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 13 Arlyn Ridge Road, Botsford responded; 6:56 pm, fire alarm, 54 Great Ring Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Thursday, November 20: 10:20 am, fuel spill, I-84 West Exits 11 & 10, Sandy Hook responded; 11:28 am, gas leak, 2 The Boulevard, Hook & Ladder, Hawleyville, and Sandy Hook responded.

Friday, November 21: 12:27 pm, service call, Main Street and Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 2:31 pm, service call, 3 Hattertown Road, Hook & Ladder and Dodgingtown responded; 2:50 pm, service call, 20 Great Ring Road, Sandy Hook responded; 10:24 pm, medical assist, Winter Ridge Road, Sandy Hook responded; 11:52 pm, fire alarm, 42 Taunton Hill Road, Hawleyville responded.

Saturday, November 22: 8:20 am, medical assist, Beaver Dam Road, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 11:23 am, medical assist, Queen Street, Sandy Hook responded; 4:51 pm, officer call, 228 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder, Botsford, Dodgingtown, and Sandy Hook responded; 4:51 pm, service call, 83 Stony Hill Road, Hawleyville responded.

Sunday, November 23: 3:18 am, motor vehicle accident (MVA), 1 Riverside Road, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 5:39 pm, fire alarm, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:50 pm, medical assist, Aunt Park Lane, Dodgingtown responded.

Monday, November 24: 10:24 am, MVA, Sugar Street and Boggs Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 11:33 am, MVA, 6 Queen Street, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 12:44 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 5 Crestwood Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 8:47 pm, medical assist, Riverside Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Tuesday, November 25: 12:34 am, MVA, Berkshire and Zoar Roads, Sandy Hook responded.

Newtown Building Inspector John Poetl inspects the northern wall of a building within Queen Street Shopping Center Monday morning, after the vehicle behind him crashed into the front door of Newtown Nail Spa. On the right is Newtown Hook & Ladder Chief Engineer Mike Aurelia. The female driver of the 2014 Toyota Camry was reportedly uninjured, but the crash closed the nail salon and the nearby branch of M&T Bank for the remainder of the day. There were also no injuries to any employees or customers inside the salon. Newtown Hook & Ladder, Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company, Newtown Ambulance Corps, and Newtown Police Department were all dispatched at 10:30 am November 24 for the crash. A fire marshal was also dispatched. First responders taped off the area around the vehicle and secured utilities to the affected businesses. JP Maguire was called in to board up the damage. No additional details were immediately available. —Bee Photo, Hicks

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To add context that did not occur at the meeting would not be an accurate representation of the meeting and would, in fact, be editorializing to shape public opinion. The editorial staff here do not consider ourselves to be final arbiters of what the truth is (and if we did, it would make us partisan and biased), and we would need to provide a source for any dissenting information (sourcing all information in an article is literally Journalism 101). There were no such sources present at the meeting in question, and so it would not be appropriate to include such information in an article about the meeting. Dissenting voices appear in meeting stories when there were active participants with dissenting opinions, such as during public participation or the words of a council member who disagreed. It should be noted that the Interfaith Council, like many local boards and commissions, conduct meetings that are open to the public. This was not an article on the actions of the Greater Danbury Area Unites for Immigrants, or on immigrants, or on ICE's actions in the community, where including other voices or perspectives would be appropriate. We appreciate your opinion, but we stand by our meeting coverage and consider this discussion closed.

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Propaganda is the systematic dissemination of information, often biased or misleading, to shape public perception and behavior toward a specific political cause or point of view. I'm not asking for Newtown Bee to editorialize, but providing context, where appropriate, to provide the reader with a more holistic view of the facts seems like a reasonable practice, particularly when encouraging the reader to decide what to believe/not to believe. Absent that context, this feels biased and misleading and intended to shape public perception.

The Newtown Bee reported what was said at a Newtown Interfaith Council meeting. Whether Mr McGillicuddy agrees with what was said or not, reporting what occurs at a public meeting is not "propaganda." Presenting what was said without editorializing is encouraging the reader to decide what to believe or not believe, and is standard for reporting at a community newspaper like The Newtown Bee.

"Abducted by ICE". You mean, when law enforcement enforces the law? This is propaganda passed off as a news article.

I was shocked to read that Chip had died. He was a great and good person in every way. We went to middle and high school together in Newtown. I lost a good friend and the world lost a great person. RIP.......Chip William St Arnauld Charlotte, NC

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