Helping Women Buy Their First Home
DANBURY — Registration is now being accepted for the “First Time Homebuyer Workshop” at T...
Saturday, February 4
The Three Feathers, 10 am, Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 40 Dodgingtown Road, free puppet play of the Brothers Grimm fairy tal...
Purging Politics Or Fixing America
To the Editor:
It all makes sense now. I was reading an article on MSNBC.com which discussed new scientific data supporting t...
Hannah Tenenbaum scored 15 points and Rose Jackman added 13 more to lead Aqua Team to a 36-20 win over Paul Anka in Senior Girls Basketball League action last w...
Mr and Mrs Michael Rivera
Michele Bree Hugyo, daughter of Michael and Anne Hugyo of Waterford, formerly of Newtown, and Michael Joseph Rivera, son of Mary ...
Hawley PTA Kicks Off Reflections Program
The Hawley Parent Teacher Association (PTA) kicked off the Reflections program themed, “I Wonder Why,â€...
‘Unity In Diversity’ Programs Preview
Unity and Diversity, a cable television program that can be seen by residents of 17 towns in t...
Dinner & A ‘Broadway’ Show
DANBURY — Stage Door Productions will present nine performances of Broadway Bound, a revue of som...
Warrant
After learning that police held a warrant for his arrest, Craig Thomas, 43, of West Haven turned himself over to police at the police station on th...
‘The World’s Funniest Musical,’ A-Men
BRIDGEPORT — When the original Nunsense, winner of the Outer Critics Circl...
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.
