Theater Review—
Long Wharf Opens Strong With ‘Guys And Dolls’
               By Julie Stern
 Long Wharf T...
ANTIQUES AT THE PIERS
SS/JAR SET 11/3
NEW YORK CITY — Both New Yorkers with rustic country houses and those with sophisticated New York apartm...
ANTIQUES AT THE PIERS
SS/JAR SET 11/3
NEW YORK CITY — Both New Yorkers with rustic country houses and those with sophisticated New York apartm...
Newtown’s Helping Hands—
Community Service Is A WIN-Win Situation For This Local Group
By John Voket
It is easy for Women Involved in Ne...
Please Adopt Us!
Ivory, right, is a one-year-old white and tan Husky mixed, spayed female who is very puppy-like in her behavior. She is a medium size dog about...
Missing Main Street Trick-Or-Treater Quickly Found
While trick-or-treating with family members along Main Street on Halloween night, a 9-year-old boy briefly b...
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Religious Community Plans Thanksgiving 2004
The members of St Rose of Lima Church, Newtown Congregational Church, Congregation Adath Israel, and The Knights of ...
Mr and Mrs David Andrew Cheney
Sheila Jane McCraith and David Andrew Cheney were married on January 3 at the historic King’s Chapel in Boston, Mass....
Musical Memories, November 5
Newtown Congregational Church will host a performance by The Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut on Friday, November 5. The concer...
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.
