Rudolph "Rudy" Hrabcsak, 86, of Danbury died at Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut on August 30. He was the beloved husband of Lucille A. (Na...
Church Hill Crash
Police report a two-vehicle accident on Church Hill Road, near its intersection with Edmond Road, about 8:05 am on August 22.
Police said...
C.H. Booth Public Library will host "Heart and Home, Prints and Paintings," a solo exhibition to feature works by the Newtown artist Roberta Shea during the mon...
"Home" is the place we love, the place we leave, and the place to which we return, whether in memories or by plane, train, or automobile.
With that word, "home,...
The fourth annual Newtown Yoga Festival took place Saturday, August 27, at NYA Sports & Fitness Center.Yoga Bear: Yoga for Youngsters.Newtown Yoga Festival co-f...
The 27th season of Saturday Pasta Dinners at Newtown United Methodist Church will begin on September 3, in the church's fellowship hall, 92 Church Hill Road in ...
The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:Thurs...
Dennis "Denny" Aloysius McLaughlin, a Sandy Hook resident for more than 35 years, died August 30 in Somers Point, N.J., after vacationing with his children and ...
William "Bill" Edward Ryan died August 24 at Masonicare of Newtown. He was born in Utica, N.Y., on September 9, 1929, and was the son of the late Clarence and G...
Photographs by Marleen Cafarelli taken during the first four Newtown Arts Festivals are the focus of a new exhibit at C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street.Ms Cafa...
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.
