The town's open burning season is extended to April 30 to allow residents sufficient time to burn small brush for its disposal, according to the town fire marsh...
Dylan's Wings of Change is running Ragnar Cape Cod on May 12-13. This is an approximate 190-mile relay road race from Hull, Mass., to Provincetown on Cape Cod, ...
Three women of Newtown, all in their 90s, will be honored as "Queens For A Day," when Newtown Senior Center celebrates its Third Annual Senior Recognition Day, ...
Avance Day Spa celebrated its most recent gallery exhibit, "Art With A Heart," with a reception to benefit Embrace Hope on March 19.
Community members filled Av...
UPDATE (Sunday, April 2, 2017): This article has been updated to indicate the year a group of firefighters began participating in the Sandy Hook 5K.
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Newtown Woman's Club will offer its second annual Spring Fling Sing-Along at "Rydell High School" (Edmond Town Hall's Alexandria Room) on Saturday, April 22, at...
DANBURY - On Saturday, April 8, Danbury Music Centre (DMC) will host its annual grand gala at The Amber Room Colonnade. But this year, the event is all the more...
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:Thursday, M...
Newtown's elementary schools each participated in the American Heart Association's Jump Rope For Heart program, with students raising money and learning about h...
Newtown High School students involved in Unified Sports and Best Buddies recently teamed up to run the school's annual campaign to "Ban the 'R' Word."
The NHS B...
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.
