Cecelia “Sally Ann” Williams, 83, of Newtown, beloved wife of Gordon Williams for more than 60 years, died November 24 at Waterbury Hospital, in the arms of her...
The Resiliency Center of Newtown has announced a number of upcoming events, including a series of offerings for Monday, December 14, to help residents on the th...
Newtown High School’s football team overcame big plays by visiting Glastonbury – and a 13-point deficit – for its biggest win of the campaign, in the Class LL s...
Minutes before dozens of men and women raised their right hands on Sunday, November 29, and vowed to serve their community, Lila Carlson sat perched in Aaron Ca...
To the Editor:
This past weekend I had so much to be grateful for. After spending the Thanksgiving holiday with my family, on Sunday, I was sworn in to serve o...
Barbara Ellen Scheumaker Palmer of Sandy Hook died peacefully in her home the afternoon of November 30, days after her 80th birthday. She was born November 25, ...
To the Editor:
Newtown, you inspire me.
I’ve been lucky enough to meet many incredible people in town during this five year journey, and I can tell you that we ...
The Newtown Chamber of Commerce will host their Annual Holiday & New Member Welcome Party on Wednesday, December 16, starting at 5:30 pm, at Sal e Pepe Contempo...
Joseph F. Engelberger, 90, a longtime resident of Newtown, known as the “Father of Robotics,” died peacefully at his home, December 1. He was born in Brooklyn, ...
To the Editor:
Thanks to many of our town business people for participating in this year's Trick or Treat for UNICEF by placing the little orange boxes in promi...
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.
