Date: Fri 16-Apr-1999

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Aug 13, 1999 12:00 am

Publication: Bee

Author: SHANNON

Quick Words:

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ON THE ROAD/SHANNON HICKS

Tickets are on sale already for the return of TOWER OF POWER at Tuxedo

Junction in Danbury. The long-running band returns Thursday, April 29. The

following night, THE NERDS return for what the club is calling a "special

event." For tickets and details, contact the club at 748-2561; tickets can be

purchased directly at the club or through TicketMaster and Strawberries

outlets. (If you have to miss the Danbury show by TOP, the band will be in New

Haven at Toad's Place one week later.)

ADRIAN LEGG returns to our area next month, with a May 1 performance at Town

Crier Cafe in Pawling, N.Y. Tickets are $17.50 apiece, and showtime is 9 pm. I

believe this may even be Legg's first appearance back at the Crier since

shifting over to Red House Records (after leaving Relativity). To reserve

tickets (and I strongly suggest doing so for this show. The Crier is not the

biggest place in the world, and Legg generally performs to capacity crowds at

this venue), contact the Town Crier Cafe at 914/855-0716 (M-F 9 am-5 pm).

Billy McLaughlin has an opening set.

Tickets are not available to the general public yet, but two more concerts

have been put on sale for members of the Oakdale's Advance Mail Club. So fans

of CHER and FAITH HILL, get ready: Cher will be at the Wallingford theatre on

July 9; Faith Hill returns the following night. Advance orders for these shows

are due by April 16. Public sales for CHER tickets begin Monday, April 17, at

10 am (no word yet on the Faith Hill tickets). Cyndi Lauper opens the Cher

date, and the concert starts at 7 pm.

On the other hand, tickets for a September date by BRITNEY SPEARS at the

Oakdale also go on sale Saturday morning. The former Mickey Mouse Club

Mousketeer will be in Wallingford on Friday, September 3. All seats will be

$28 for this show. Additionally, tickets for the three-day visit by "Rugrats

Live," (four shows, three nights) June 4-6, along with tickets for REBA

McENTIRE, July 25, will all be on sale Saturday morning at 10 am.

THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND will return once again to the Meadows. Matthews is

returning twice, actually, with a pair of dates, August 6 and 7. Like Jimmy

Buffett, Matthews and his phenomenal band has played each of the four previous

summers the Meadows Music Theatre has been open; unlike Buffett, however,

Matthews is now playing two nights each summer and still sells out both of his

Connecticut shows consistently (Buffett has yet to do a two-night stint in

Connecticut).

Tickets for the August dates will be going on sale this Saturday morning, and

the Meadows is trying something new for this show. Don't bother camping out.

Wristbands to determine only a random place in line will be given out at 9 am,

one hour prior to tickets going on sale. All tickets for the pavilion area are

$43 each, and lawn seating is $32 per person. The shows will begin at 8 pm

(Friday) and 7 pm (Saturday).

Until next week, I'll be seeing you... on the road.

Questions and comments concerning "On The Road" (or anything music related)

should be sent to Shannon Hicks, c/o Bee Publishing Co., 5 Church Hill Road,

Newtown 06470, or shannon @thebee.com. Include a phone number for

confirmation, please . If you don't have a stamp or a piece of paper or a

writing utensil that works, give me a call! Phone number at the office is

426-3141. Shows listed on the calendar at club locations are for ages 21 and

over unless specified.

UPCOMING CONCERTS

APRIL 16 -- Peter Obre at Mary Hawley Inn, Newtown; Who's Insane at Laszlo's

Arts Cafe, Monroe; Indigo Swing at West Hartford Town Hall (swing dance

lessons 7 pm, concert begins 8 pm); Big Orange Cone at Tuxedo Junction,

Danbury;

April 17 -- Moppin Sauce at Fat Daddy's, Watertown; Dave Brubeck Quartet with

Norwalk Symphony Orchestra at Norwalk Symphony Hall, Norwalk; The Zoo at

Tuxedo Junction;

April 18 -- Radio 104 Modern Rock the Earth Day at Bushnell Park, Hartford

(featuring Shawn Mullins, Mighty Purple, Fishbone, Accidental Groove, Stretch

Princess, et al); Cry, Cry, Cry at Acoustic Studio/Rich Forum, Stamford (Lucy

Kaplansky, Richard Shindell & Dar Williams);

April 22 -- Last Daze at Laszlo's Arts Cafe; Paxton at Toad's Place, New

Haven, Jason Drug, Splice and Quadrafonics opening (all ages);

April 23 -- Unwritten Law at The Webster Theatre, Hartford; Vybe Trybe at

Tuxedo Junction; Mojo Nixon at Tune Inn, New Haven;

April 24 -- Point of View and Cloud at Laszlo's Arts Cafe; Pete Moss and the

Fertilizers at Tuxedo Junction; The Nields at UHartford/Lincoln Theatre, Lucy

Chapin opening;

April 25 -- Dick Dale at Toad's Place, Big Bad Johns and Holiday Rain opening;

Neil Young at the Oakdale;

April 29 -- Eight to the Bar and The Delrays at Toad's Place (benefit for New

Haven Catholic Schools); Morbid Angel at The Webster Theatre; Larry Del at

Laszlo's Arts Cafe; Tower of Power at Tuxedo Junction;

April 30 -- Peter Obre at Mary Hawley Inn; Max Creek at Toad's Place, Leaf

Jumpers and Psychedelic Breakfast opening (all ages); Tragically Hip at The

Webster Theatre; The Show That Never Quits and Bang at Laszlo's Arts Cafe; The

Nerds at Tuxedo Junction.

MAY 1 -- Adrian Legg at Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling, NY, Billy McLaughlin

opening; Free Style at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

May 2 -- The Samples at Toad's Place, New Haven, Seeking Homer opening (all

ages);

May 3 -- Overkill at Toad's Place (all ages); Cherry Poppin' Daddies at Toad's

Place, Stretch Princess opening (all ages);

May 6 -- Tower of Power and AWB at Toad's Place;

May 13 -- Deep Banana Blackout at Toad's Place, Union Groove and Erl Shibe 5

opening (all ages);

May 14 -- Love Gun at Toad's Place, Matt's Altar and Atmosfear opening;

May 16 -- Merl Saunders & The Rainforest at Toad's Place (all ages);

May 18 -- Toots & The Maytals at Toad's Place (all ages);

May 20 -- Propain at The Webster Theatre, Hartford;

May 21 -- Darik & The Funbags at Toad's Place, DOA 2000 opening;

May 28 -- Santana at the Oakdale Theatre, Wallinford, Ozomatli opening;

May 29 -- WPLR Picnic at Yale Field, New Haven (Edgar Winter Band, NRBQ,

Hubinger Street, et al).

COA Welcomes New Alternate, Discusses Senior Alliance

BOE Recognizes 2026 Profiles In Professionalism Honorees

C.H. Booth Library Hosted Another Successful Volunteer Fair

Fire Reports | April 28-May 4, 2026

Well that is some spin. The Democrats have a super majority on the LC and passed the Education Budget without serious consideration of if the voters could afford the multi million dollar increase. "Was the request justified?" rather than "is this needed?" and "can the voters shoulder yet another large increase?" The voters rightly sent it back. Then for some reason all the discussion around reductions to the increase seemed to be coming from the classroom, rather than administration and overhead costs. Is this a coercive tactic to manipulate parents into supporting the budget like tacit threat of cutting freshman sports was two years ago? Who believes the Democrats did not caucus privately before the meeting and came in with a number already worked out? This is the Dems budget, they own it.

Education Cuts: Who Voted For What

I think it is important that we do not villainize every black box seen around a home, business, farm, or municipal property. A black exterior station does not always mean rat poison is being used. These stations can hold a number of different products, including monitoring blocks, snap traps, non-toxic bait, anti-tick bait stations, organic salt- or cornmeal-based control products, and newer fertility-control approaches intended to reduce rodent populations without traditional poisons. The better conversation, in my opinion, is not simply “black boxes are bad,” but rather: what is inside them, who is maintaining them, and whether the rodent issue is being managed responsibly. Exclusion, sanitation, trapping, habitat reduction, and careful monitoring should all be part of a responsible IPM strategy. To be fair, on my own property I do use rodenticides, including Bromethalin and Bromadiolone, in secured bait stations. But that is a choice I make for my property, based on my circumstances and the risk I am trying to manage. I also believe property owners should understand the tradeoffs and be encouraged to use the least harmful effective method whenever possible. I support protecting Newtown’s wildlife. I also support giving residents accurate information and not assuming that every black box represents reckless or unsafe pest control. The goal should be responsible rodent management, not fear of the box itself.

Discusses Policy Against Rodenticides

Debora, thank you! I accidentally doubled the project prices by adding the bond to the appropriation. Thank you so much for catching that and pointing it out. With the corrected numbers, the voters approved a combined $1.32 million for a salt shed ($600k) and library pavement ($720k), while rejecting the $1.12 million replacement turf. Regarding the 80s, I truly respect the hurdle of 14% mortgage rates. My point is simply that the math has shifted: in 1980, while the rates were higher, the price of a home relative to earnings was significantly lower. We are facing a different, but equally crushing, financial wall. Ultimately, it is disheartening that voters who recognized safe sidewalks and parking lots as essential, dismissed a playing field in the exact same condition. The turf has passed its life cycle and is just as much of a liability as the library’s pavement, the only difference is that this safety concern affects thousands of children who, coincidentally, cannot vote. These are apples-to-apples needs. I was hopeful our community would agree that all Newtown residents deserve safe conditions, regardless of which facility they utilize. Again, I would be remiss not to mention that when 82% of residents don’t show up, we have to deal with the interests of those who did. Hopefully, the next referendum will have a bigger turnout.

The ‘Me’ Generation

Thanks for the reply. I meant the numbers you presented in your letter. I found one place where other numbers were listed: https://www.newtownbee.com/04232026/get-out-and-vote-on-the-2026-27-proposed-municipal-and-school-budgets/?q=\\\%22advisory%20questions\\\%22. In that article, the numbers were cited as: Treadwell field: $1,125,000 Library: $720,000 Salt Storage: $600,000 As one who started out in the early 80's when inflation was double digits, my 1985 mortgage rate was 14%, and child care costs were comparable (in present value), I shared your grief but never considered the voters ironic or shameful. PS. I agree college tuition is ridiculous. Thankfully, universities are offering (or considering) waiving all or most tuition for middle class families (upwards of $200,000 incomes). Hopefully, they'll also reconsider their need for those funds in the first place.

Sure! Child care costs: https://www.ffyf.org/2022/10/13/data-child-care-prices-continue-to-rise-ahead-of-midterm-elections-outpacing-inflation/ (also from 2021-2025 we had 2 children in a local daycare in Newtown and it cost us $3200 a month, so that's a number I am very familiar with) Home price / median price vs income source: https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/home-price-income-ratios Tuition increase vs inflation: https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/noting-a-decline-in-middle-class-students-colleges-provide-more-aid/ Hope this helps :)

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