As you would expect, as a black cat I am getting deluged with requests for guest appearances on Halloween, but I've turned most of them down because I want to spend my quality Halloween time on Main Street with a thousand or so of my closet friends
As you would expect, as a black cat I am getting deluged with requests for guest appearances on Halloween, but Iâve turned most of them down because I want to spend my quality Halloween time on Main Street with a thousand or so of my closet friends. I expect itâs going to be a wild time, as always â so come early while the candy supply lasts.
If by chance your household has more candy than it know what to do with after All Hallowsâ Eve, you might want to check out the Trade Your Candy For Cash program sponsored each year at this time by Dental Associates. Visit the Newtown, New Milford, or Danbury office of the family dentistry firm on Tuesday, November 7, and you will receive $2 for every pound of leftover Halloween candy, up to ten pounds. All of the candy will then be donated to the Salvation Army. Please note there are specific hours for candy drop-off: the Newtown office, at 11 Church Hill Road (426-5891), will be receiving candy between the hours of 11 am and 1 pm only. The Danbury office will be buying candy between 8 and 10 am that day, and the New Milford office will be buying candy from 2 to 4 pm.
GATES (Gifted and Talented Educational Services) teacher Patrice Gans tells me that one of the scarecrow sculptures has been stolen. The Wangster, created by Aria Brownell, Ashley Torok, and Craig Soderholm, disappeared from in front of the middle school. I suggest that the police start by searching those areas of town that are now suddenly devoid of crows.
Newtown resident Albert B. Ashforth not only raised $13,030 as an individual participant in The Stamford Health Foundationâs 11th annual Bennett Cancer Center Walk & Run, but his business, The Ashforth Company, was recognized one of the charter sponsors of the race since its inception in 1996. Thanks in part to his volunteer effort, this yearâs Bennett Cancer Center Walk & Run raised a record-breaking $700,000 in donations, a nine percent jump from last yearâs $644,000 total.
Bill Harris, a former local resident who was active with the Newtown Republican Town Committee and a graduate of Newtownâs Citizens Police Academy in the late 1990s, is vying for a seat in the state legislature. The 53-year-old is working to unseat the one-term incumbent Democrat in the stateâs 136th District encompassing Westport. Mr Harris is executive director of the Monroe-based Army Aviation Association of America, representing 15,000 active duty, Reserve and National soldiers in the US Army Aviation Branch. He is also publisher of Army Aviation Magazine and owner, Army Aviation Publishing, Inc.
Newtown High School grad Ben Striano, who is no stranger to performing, has decided to help other performers get their names up in lights. The Class of 2005 alumnus recently produced a rock concert at Bridgeportâs Playhouse on the Green. His timing from a concert promoterâs standpoint apparently couldnât be better, because he had the good fortune to lock the participation of headliners Kevin Devine and The Goddamn Band just three days before their first major record company CD release. This could be the making of Newtownâs own Bill Graham!
Joshua Goldman will be performing in the lead role of The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood when The Discovery Players offer four performances of the family friend retelling of Robin Hoodâs story in November. Dubbed part Monty Python, part Mel Brooks, this version of the story introduces a hero who leads a band of Merry Persons who wield spoons instead of swords, are obsessed with Yodels, and encounters a villainous sheriff who is a champion bowler who tortures his enemies by forcing them to listen to bad Christmas music. Four performances are planned by the Brewster, N.Y.-based company; Joshua will be playing Robin Hood for performances on Friday, November 10, at 7, and Saturday, November 11, at 3 pm, at H.H. Wells Middle School. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and children ages 2â12. Reservations can be made by calling 845-276-2076, extension 306. Full details about the production is available online at DiscoveryCtr.org.
The old heavy-duty door that formerly stood at the public entrance to the police station has been removed and replaced with a new, modern glass automatic door, which silently slides sideways to allow entry and exit at the building. Not only does the new door modernize the appearance of the police station, in practical terms, it also makes it much simpler to get in and out of the building, unless, of course, you are in leg irons.
Fire Marshal Bill Halstead is on the mend and before too long should be back to full physical capacity following recent surgery performed to repair a shoulder injury that he had suffered. The fire marshal, who also is the Sandy Hook fire chief, said that he is feeling better and looks forward to resuming his fire chief duties at full speed.
NHS Class of 2006 graduate Zack Moliver, son of Ken and Paula Moliver, is spending a year in Israel with the Young Judea Israel program. The course includes academic studies, volunteer experiences, and extended field trips. He has recently been involved in an eight-week stint with the army. But itâs not all work and no play. He writes this week that he has added camel riding to his experiences. It turns out that the beasts are rather huge and stubborn, so it looks like Zack will not be shipping one to the family property in Maine for hours of summer fun. An army sports training base provided good food, he wrote, and female trainers. Now why would that make for a fun week?
âBe patient,â is the only thing Hawleyville postmaster Mark Favale has heard recently concerning the proposed renovations to the dilapidated post office on Route 25. The Hawleyville Post Office has been scheduled by property owner Housatonic Railroad and the US Postal Service to receive some major makeover work. But since early summer when plans were submitted to Newtownâs design board, very little beyond a few contractors poking around has taken place. Maybe neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night will keep the couriers from swift completion, but something is sure keeping renovations at the old PO from swift completion.
Iâm running a little long this week, so hereâs my swift completionâ¦
Read me again.