Farmers’ Market Season Begins
HARTFORD — Approximately 240 Connecticut farmers plan to participate in the 82 farmers’ market...
Garner Inmate Arrested For Assaults
 State police said Garner Correctional Institution inmate Benjamine Torres, 21, became combative during a strip search at t...
Saturday, June 3
CT Trail Day ’06: NFA Hike, starts 10 am, Holcombe Wildlife Preserve & Memorial Trail, 55 Great Hill Road, free, residents inv...
Consumer Alert—
Porch & Patio Going Out Of Business;
Liquidation Sales Underway
HARTFORD — General Richard Blumenthal and Department of...
The Spinning Wheel Moves In A New Direction
The Spinning Wheel Inn on Route 58 in Redding began as an inn and tavern in 1742, and the original beams, flooring a...
A Record Weekend For
Coffee And…
To the Editor,
Boy Scout Troop 370 enjoyed beautiful weather over this Memorial Day weekend while hosting their annual ...
Gate House Concerts Will Open
With An International Folk Singer
SOUTHBURY — The Gate House Cafe has completed the schedule for its 2006 Gate House C...
Lyme Rights Rally Is National Call To Action
Newtown Task Force Will Be Represented At Capital Event
HARTFORD — Lyme disease patients and their...
Greek Festival Returning
DANBURY — Assumption Greek Orthodox Church has announced the dates for its annual festival “The Greek Experienc...
NHS To Dispose Of Records
In accordance with state regulations, which address the retention and disposal of student records, Newtown High School will be elimina...
In the case of the example given, CP Western Studies, grades move from 89 to 86 from 2017/18 to 2019/2020. Would be interesting to know if this is a statistically significant change. In the case of an 89, the students' corresponding GPA is 3.33. For the 86, it is 3.0. With colleges having hard and fast cutoffs for scholarships where as little as a 0.1 GPA difference can be make or break, small percentage differences in a grade can have an outsized impact if they fall near a breakpoint in GPA. That is, the GPA conversion isn't a smooth function, but rather a step function. If average grades are "in line", is 2 points lower considered "in line?" Many classes are said to have higher grades. What has the distribution been? Is the median class grade higher or lower overall in the school? Not advocating for grade inflation, and I don't have any students in the system. It is important to consider whether the resulting changes in grade distributions might affect competitiveness for scholarships.
from this Senator Tony Hwangs website.
"8-30g law has become an emotional issue for many communities because of the broad latitude it gives developers to build under the auspices of increasing affordable housing inventory. Developers can place dense, multi-family projects into single-family neighborhoods, or take land set aside for office buildings and make it into residential properties with set aside percentages far below median income housing. These sometimes controversial development projects often change the town’s character and disrupts neighborhoods."
Looking forward to next meeting. I encourage at the next public hearing there should be a serious discussion of the 8.30g option and the realities of what Main Street and Newtown could face at this site. By not working with the potential developers what this site could face. How well the Historic District question can sustain a challenge. Is there an option to trade land at FFH and the town to take control ot 19 Main Street in a fair trade deal as well. There needs to be continued talks to come to a solution. I personally feel this is an ideal location for residence, not rentals, either condominiums and or townhouses that have some age restrictions if needed. Maybe for seniors or our aging population who may want to downsize. Hope to see more residents there who resiide outside of the Borough since this impacts the entire town and its appeal.
Just want to point out how "Nicer in Newtown" isn't taken seriously by others when the tell a government council that it would be okay to build these apartments, but not near where they live. They want to push it off on someone else. Make it someone else's problem. "Nicer in Newtown" ? ...not so much.
