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31 2025 Panacea Newtown Reunion Concert	1 Labor Day Pancake Breakfast & Parking 2025 Newtown Labor Day Parade: “Pets on Parade” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CANCELED	2 Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Newtown Farmers Market Public Safety Committee meeting Newtown Middle School Outdoor Garden Classroom Ribbon Cutting & Open House Police Commission meeting CANCELED C.H. Booth Library Governance Committee meeting Board of Selectman meeting Lake Lillinonah Authority meeting	3 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Board of Assessment Appeals meeting (agenda posted) Board of Education Policy Committee meeting Recycling Ad Hoc Committee meeting “Ageism Unmasked” Book Discussion Series: Chapter 7, “The Era of a Global Pandemic” — A Timeless Newtown event LOCATION UPDATED* Maplewood Summer Concert Series: Bosco Board of Education meeting Virtual Author Talk: “On Writing Darkly Charming, Villainous Love” webinar Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Legislative Council meeting	4 American Mah Jong Open Play Tea @ 3 Par-Tea Cub Scout Pack 270 Recruitment Night Cultural Arts Commission meeting Flagpole Photographers Camera Club meeting Planning & Zoning Commission meeting Josh Wolf: The Campfire Tour	5 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Mary Hawley Public Service Award Ceremony honoring Lee Paulsen	6 Protect Our Pollinators Native Plant Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event 2nd Company Governor’s Horse Guard Annual Fall Festival Mutts Gone Nuts: Unleashed 6th Annual Hope on Main Street
7	8 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Second Monday Book Club Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Shortt’s Night on the Farm Cooking the Books (A Cookbook Club) Employee Medical Benefits Board meeting Board of Finance meeting	9 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Nonfiction Book Club: "Ageism Unmasked" Newtown Farmers Market Northern Fairfield Professionals meeting C.H. Booth Library Development Committee meeting Parks & Recreation Commission meeting Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers meeting Nunnawauk Meadows Flagpole Dedication C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees meeting Lake Zoar Authority meeting Borough Annual meeting Borough Board of Burgesses meeting Newtown Volunteer Ambulance meeting	10 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Board of Assessment Appeals meeting “Designing Gardens Using Native Plants and Artwork” “Translating, Transcribing and Summarizing Documents Using AI” virtual program Inland Wetlands Commission meeting SCAN Artist Demo: Becca Barolli	11 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Newtown Talks: Dr Lisa Miller Water & Sewer Authority meeting	12 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Music Dynamics with Brad Peterson Screening of "Exit 9: The Way of Life in Hawleyville" ETH Comedy Series: Kunal Arora	13 7th Annual Run 4 Hunger & Health 4th Annual Newtown Search And Rescue Dive-A-Thon Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing): a Timeless Newtown event Ability Rocks Rock This Democracy Concert Festival & Main Street Rally Sugar Mountain: Tribute to Neil Young
14	15 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Commission on Aging meeting Book Buzz: 2025 Fall and Winter Preview “Ageism Unmasked” Book Discussion Series: Chapter 8, “Elderhood” — A Timeless Newtown event LOCATION UPDATED Board of Selectmen meeting	16 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Newtown Farmers Market C.H. Booth Library Finance Committee meeting Board of Education Curriculum & Instruction/SEL Subcommittee meeting Board of Education CFF/CIP Subcommittee meeting Community Center Commission meeting Therapy Dogs Visit Board of Education meeting Economic Development Commission meeting	17 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Recycling Ad Hoc Committee meeting Bike & Trail Committee meeting Borough Zoning Commission meeting Legislative Council meeting The Real Housewives: Last Girls Trip	18 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games One Book/One Town Author Program with Dr Tracey Gendron ("Ageism Unmasked"): 'Timeless Newtown' series finale Planning & Zoning Commission meeting Sustainable Energy Commission meeting Pension Committee meeting	19 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Music Dynamics with Brad Peterson Line Dancing: Kickin’ for a Cause Town Players of Newtown performance of "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (opening night)	20 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Town Players of Newtown performance of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
21 Butterflies, Birds & Blossoms — Oh My! Sing For Peace & Unity Open Mic Town Players of Newtown "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" matinee performance	22 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Music Monday with Principal Al Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Board of Fire Commissioners meeting Fairfield Hills Authority meeting	23 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Newtown Farmers Market Conservation Commission meeting	24 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Borough Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Inland Wetlands Commission meeting	25 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority meeting C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees Executive Committee meeting Borough Historic District meeting Edmond Town Hall Comedy Series: Funny Women of a Certain Age Flagpole Photographers Camera Club hybrid monthly competition meeting Board of Finance meeting	26 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Guided walk around Great Hollow Lake: A “Timeless Newtown” event (Monroe) Town Players of Newtown performance of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"	27 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Town Players of Newtown performance of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
28 Town Players of Newtown "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" matinee performance	29 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games	30 “Wendy Devereaux: Pet Portraits” Newtown Farmers Market Grateful Gatherings Public Building & Site Commission meeting	1 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Legislative Council meeting	2 Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Board of Ethics meeting Cultural Arts Commission meeting Planning & Zoning Commission meeting	3 Bennie & The Jets Town Players of Newtown performance of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"	4 Newtown SafeWalk Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Llama Nature Hike Goat Yoga Buckets N Boards Town Players of Newtown performance of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

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Saturday, November 01, 2025

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November 01, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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November 06, 2025 10:00 am - 01:30 pm

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November 08, 2025 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Ben’s Lighthouse Benefit Concert featuring Natalie Merchant

November 08, 2025 07:00 pm

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Police Reports | August 10-23, 2025

Fire Reports | August 20-26, 2025

Debi Modzelewski Will Always Cherish Relationships She Made In Newtown’s Schools

CT United Ride Returning September 7

Run 4 Hunger Saturday, September 13

I have to say, I don’t understand how this project could be considered “morally wrong.” That kind of language feels more like obstruction than constructive dialogue. What is morally wrong is leaving seniors in our community without enough housing options. Right now, Newtown does not have adequate senior housing, and the few developments that exist, like Naunawag Meadows, already have waiting lists. As for the comment that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” that simply isn’t accurate. The system is broken when residents who’ve lived here their whole lives cannot find an affordable and appropriate place to age in town. Responsible development that balances environmental concerns, safety improvements (such as traffic calming measures and sidewalks), and the needs of our seniors is exactly the kind of planning Newtown should be doing. This isn’t about wanting or not wanting something in one’s backyard—it’s about building a community that takes care of its people. Please don't get scared away by the nimby mob.

Planning & Zoning Continues Discussion Of 12 Cold Spring Road

It seems a lot of the discussion around the flagpole focuses on vilifying drivers who pass on the right, but the real issue is being overlooked. If Chapter 248 Section 14-251 were enforced, we wouldn’t see this problem to begin with. That statute prohibits stopping in the middle of a roadway to yield to cross traffic—as so often happens with cars waiting to turn from Church Hill. When vehicles stop illegally in the travel lane, they effectively create a blockage. Other drivers then either sit through unnecessary delays or carefully pass around them on the right, which is fully permitted when the vehicle ahead is “illegally parked” in the roadway. Instead of punishing drivers reacting to the obstruction, enforcement should focus on the cause: vehicles unlawfully stopping and backing up traffic in the first place. If that behavior were addressed, the need to “go around” would largely disappear.

Borough Board of Burgesses Continues Traffic Safety Discussion

John, you raise an important point — these situations are tragic, complicated, and often far less clear-cut than the headlines make them seem. In the Fredericksburg case, the full facts still aren’t publicly known, and like so many of these stories, there’s conflicting information. It was apparently the back door at 3 a.m. — was it justified to use deadly force? We don’t know yet. What we do know is that the homeowner has been charged, and as you rightly noted, that is very serious. But this is also where perspective matters. These cases are quickly sensationalized in the news and on social media, yet when the dust settles, the outcomes are rarely publicized. People forget that in our system, you are innocent until proven guilty. Try to find much coverage of the convication in the case of the Fairfield Realtor vehicle homicide, or updates on the woman who shot her husband a couple of Christmases ago, or even the pedestrian death in Sandy Hook a year or so back. The follow-through simply isn’t there, and public opinion is often shaped only by the first round of headlines. At the end of the day, these situations remind us how split-second decisions in the middle of the night can change lives forever — which is exactly why the right to protect one’s property, home and family is so fiercely debated, and lucky constitutionally protected.

Late Night Prank Gone Wrong

First the low hanging fruit. Dave; it was a joke, please get over it. You are the only person in Newtown that thought I really wanted to build a stadium on 6 Commence Rd. Now on to Alex. You might not appreciate my writing style or my selection of words, but let's not loose sight of the fact that by responding to my letter in the manner that you did, you have removed any doubt whatsoever that you have no idea of the quantifiable benefits you are dismissing not only for the town, but also for protesters. Either you stopped listening at the word "ordinance" or you never started.. Your constitutional rights to assemble were never in question and would actually be strengthened and there would be literally no impediments. We could even title it "The Alex Villamil Ordinance" if you want. It could be your legacy and actually show Newtown your willingness to work in a bipartisan way for the betterment of the town. Businesses would be protected. Traffic wouldn't be interrupted. The town would save hundreds of thousands of dollars in police overtime. And maybe most importantly, the town could prevent another tragedy while mitigating legal risk in the event something terrible happens at a protest. Nothing bad could never happen in Newtown right? All that could be accomplished by a simple, non-intrusive ordinance unless all the detriments to our town are intentional in order to bring more attention to your cause. Alex, this was not me throwing a temper tantrum. Believe me, you will know it if that happens. I am just putting Newtown first. From that perspective, if you think critically, the regulation is necessary. It makes sense logically, rationally, and is reasonable. There is absolutely no down side. None. I would be willing to sit down with you to see if we could come to some type of compromise if you want. Let me know. You would be amazed how much you can accomplish when there is dialogue amongst neighbors.

It’s About Dialogue Amongst Neighbors — Not Regulation

A popular prank circulating on TikTok is “ding-dong-ditch” where a group of young people violently bang or kick someone’s door late at night and then “ditch” or run. On May 3 three high schoolers here in Fredericksburg Va. were participating in such a prank. One homeowner assumed, as in this case, an attempted break in and also took measures to defend his family and property. As the youths were running away he fired, striking an 18 year old graduating senior in the back killing him and seriously injuring a second youth. A wasted life, a family shattered, and the homeowner charged with murder.

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