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A substantial cash payment and an annuity will be given to the widow of State Police officer Lt Thomas Carney, the 40-yer-old Newtown resident who was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer truck on Interstate 84 in Southbury two years ago, said hear attorney, E. Stanton Kennedy. The insurance company of the 36-year-old Edgar Meiser, the trucker, will pay the money. He has been convicted of negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and sentenced to six months in jail.

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A home on Sunnyview Terrace in Sandy Hook, owned by William Renz of Trumbull, sustained considerable damage as a result of a fire which started in the basement. Sandy Hook Chief Bill Halstead estimated that about $10,000 in damage occurred when the fire, set off by a minor explosion when the oil burner went on, igniting oil spilled on the floor after an oil delivery.

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COMPLETE PRIVACY ON 11½ ACRES 10-room Colonial of 5 bedrooms, 3½ baths, totaling 4,200 SQUARE FEET! 23 feet front-to-back kitchen. Slate-floored sun-room to 45-foot deck with stone barbecue. WONDERFUL WESTERN VIEWS. Brook, room for tennis & pool. EXCLUSIVE — $325,000.

 

December 11, 1959

It is announced by first selectman Charles Terrell that a State Police radar unit arrived on Wednesday for use in Newtown. It will be put into operation next week. The purpose is to control speed and obtain information on the traffic pattern locally, which the unit will provide.

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Santa Claus will arrive in Newtown on Saturday, December 19, at the Edmond Town Hall at 11 o’clock. He hopes to come by helicopter. There will be a free movie, and the chimes at the Congregational Church will play Christmas music. It will be a big day for the youngsters.

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Building inspector Earle H. Megin reports there were 26 building and seven septic system permits issued for the month, with estimated cost of new construction totaling $101,315.00. Four of these permits were for new one family houses, with the balance covering miscellaneous alterations, additions, etc.

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Not a dissenting voice was heard as Friday evening’s special town meeting acted on four items. Nearly 50 persons gathered at the gymnasium of Edmond Town Hall for the special meeting, which accepted four roads. In all, only 25 minutes elapsed from the opening of the special meeting to the close of two hearings.

December 7, 1934

The death of Mrs Sarah Blakeslee Glover, one of Newtown’s oldest residents, occurred at her home early Tuesday morning after a short illness. Mrs Glover was born in Newtown, January 5, 1842, and had she lived until this January, she would have been 93 years old. She was the daughter of William and Chloe Fairchild Blakeslee, one of Newtown’s pioneer settlers.

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It has been found necessary to take the fire truck to the factory at Middleboro, Mass., for a certain amount of overhauling. This will take at least five or six days starting Monday morning, December 10. As this piece of apparatus is the main protection for the town of Newtown in case of fire, it is urgently requested that the townspeople be extremely careful of fire hazards during the period of the absence of the apparatus.

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Albert Albino reported his car as stolen in New Haven last Saturday night. Early Wednesday morning A.E. Hurd was called to service a car which had broken down near Sandy Hook center. When an attempt was made to find out who owned the car, the occupants became panic stricken and ran down the road. Local officers made an exhaustive search but were unable to find any trace of the culprits. The car was identified as being the property of Mr Albino.

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A largely attended meeting was held in Trinity church Guild rooms on Monday evening, when more than 100 men assembled from the surrounding towns and formed an Inter-Parish Men’s Club of the Episcopal churches in Kent, New Milford, Redding, Ridgefield, Danbury, Brookfield, Bridgewater, Bethel, Sandy Hook, and Newtown.

 

December 10, 1909

Selectman Blackman had his carriage wrecked, Tuesday, while inspecting the state road work near H.H. Peck’s. The horse was left to graze while he chatted with Messrs Peck and Beard about good roads and the extra dividend in Wells Fargo stock, which they had just gathered in. The horse suddenly started, catching the carriage top in a guy wire of a telegraph pole, badly wrecking the carriage. It was just one of those accidental accidents that break in on the thread of every day life, and remind us we are not exempt from the bitter as well as the sweet things in life.

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J.H. Frank had the misfortune to lose one of his bay horses, two weeks ago, and last Saturday night, one of his handsome brown team was taken sick with the same complaint (colic) and died Sunday morning in spite of all that could be done for her. The final cause of death was heart disease, and it seems that Mr Frank is having more than his allotted share of hard luck.

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A new floor has been laid in the kitchen in the basement at the Congregational Church, and this week a storm door has been constructed over the entrance to the lecture room by Ezra Young, the veteran sexton.

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The executive committee of the Fairfield Anti-Tuberculosis association has appointed Miss Fannie V. Daniels local representative for the distribution of the Christmas stamp. Miss Daniels has placed them on sale at the local stores. Merchants in nearby towns who wish to aid this good work can secure the stamps for sale by applying to Miss Daniels by letter. Everyone should lend a hand in the fight against the great white plague.