CPR And Choking Classes
The Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps is planning to hold cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and choking classes on Tuesday, November 1...
By Kim J. Harmon
With all the hub-bub over the South-West Conference championship hopes of the Newtown High School boys’ soccer and girlsâ€	...
Girl Scouts Throw Halloween
Birthday Bash For Founder
Newtown Girl Scouts recently celebrated their second annual Halloween Birthday Bash in the Edmond Town Hal...
Discover Martinmas!
The Housatonic Valley Waldorf School’s Early Childhood faculty will celebrate Martinmas with a program for children age 2 to 6 o...
Leona Y. Hanlon
Leona Y. Hanlon, 78, a resident of Sandy Hook the past 57 years, died peacefully at home November 5 surrounded by her loving family. She was the...
Students Invited To Attend Colonial Life Workshop
At The Matthew Curtiss House on Main Street
In the last 300 years there have been many changes in the ways we ...
‘Let Them Eat Turkey’ Lecture At IAIS
WASHINGTON — Dr Laurie Weinstein, a professor at Western CT State University, will off...
A Safer Halloween
To the Editor:
If you were out and about on Main Street Halloween Night you saw what seemed like hundreds of kids and parents trick-or-treatin...
Friday, November 7
17th Annual Christmas in the Country Craft Fair, 6-10 pm, St Rose Parish hall, 46 Church Hill Road, folk art, jewelry, religious items, ...
I don't understand the concern...the museum has been open for years on Pecks Lane and the size of the building can easily hold them. 60,000 visitors a year is less than 200 people per day, of which at least 1/2 are children. Plus spread out over the course of the day, it's only 15-16 cars per hour during their daytime business hours. Plus EverWonder is known for working to improve our community and unlikely to place any more harm on the environment than those already driving by daily. I think the author hit the nail on the head & EverWonder has found the absolute best place for their home, and thankfully that's in Newtown where our business can thrive from their success!
The issue is not that our taxes will go up. The issue is that the assessment came at a time when the pandemic brought folks to Newtown in a frenzy to buy small houses (like mine <2000 sq ft). 13 houses on my street with long time residents sold in less than 2 days each with most getting more than asking. And these 'comps' were used for my assessment (42% increase). Now that the market has stalled, housing prices have dropped dramatically. We will pay increased taxes for the next 5 years until the next assessment corrects this anomaly. And wait for the car tax! Not to mention the 'R' word.
