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29 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July Newtown Historical Society Annual Tag Sale "Fairfield Hills: A History of Mental Health in Newtown” Newtown Art & Frame Staff Exhibit "A Complete Unknown" screening	30 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “The Work of Jodi Brown” "Fairfield Hills: A History of Mental Health in Newtown” Newtown Art & Frame Staff Exhibit (last day) “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht Learn to Play the Ukulele for ages 4-9 Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Learn to Play the Ukulele Nature’s Book Club: "A Walk in the Park" by Kevin Fedarkos Board of Fire Commissioners special meeting (agenda posted)	1 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Computer Tutoring Newtown Farmers Market CANCELLED Police Commission meeting “The Chilling Chronicles of Ice Cream” CANCELLED C.H. Booth Library Governance Committee meeting Lake Lillinonah Authority meeting (agenda posted)	2 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corp Executive Board meeting (agenda posted) Recycling Ad Hoc Committee meeting (agenda posted) CANCELLED Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Legislative Council hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	3 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht American Mah Jong Open Play Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Free Write Weekly at the Library Summer Concert Series: Dirty Martinis CANCELLED Cultural Arts Commission meeting Planning & Zoning Commission hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	4 INDEPENDENCE DAY Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July CLOSED TODAY “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” CLOSED TODAY “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht	5 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht
6 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July	7 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht Magic Monday Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Town Building & Infrastructure Committee hybrid meeting (agenda posted) Lake Zoar Authority meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council Ordinance Committee special meeting (agenda posted) CANCELLED Board of Selectmen meeting	8 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht Tuesday Tunes at Dickinson Park: Steve Elci and Friends Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Computer Tutoring Newtown Farmers Market Meet Maggie Board of Education Policy Committee meeting (agenda posted) Northern Fairfield Professionals meeting C.H. Booth Library Development Committee meeting (agenda posted) Parks & Recreation Commission meeting (agenda posted) CANCELLED Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers meeting Board of Education hybrid meeting (agenda posted) C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees meeting (agenda posted) Borough Board of Burgesses meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Volunteer Ambulance meeting (agenda posted)	9 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CANCELLED Inland Wetlands Commission meeting	10 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht American Mah Jong Open Play Mother Goose on the Loose Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Free Write Weekly at the Library Summer Concert Series: The Barn Rats Hattertown Historic District Commission meeting Water & Sewer Authority meeting (agenda posted)	11 Register to Ring: Salvation Army Christmas in July “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht Mother Goose II "Moana 2" screening 49th Annual Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale Newtown Senior Center Open House "Moana 2" screening ETH: Drive-In: "Ghostbusters"	12 Community Yoga for All Levels with Alyssa Mancini “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht 49th Annual Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale Cooking for Kids with Miss Sheila "Moana 2" screening "Moana 2" screening ETH: Drive-In: "Ghostbusters"
13 49th Annual Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale "Moana 2" screening “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” opening reception	14 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht 49th Annual Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games POSTPONED Shortt’s Night on the Farm Shortt’s Night on the Farm Board of Finance meeting	15 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht 49th Annual Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale (last day) Tuesday Tunes at Dickinson Park: Joy Blooms Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Computer Tutoring Newtown Farmers Market C.H. Booth Library Finance Committee meeting CANCELLED Community Center Commission meeting CANCELLED Board of Education meeting C.H. Booth Library Buildings & Grounds Subcommittee special meeting (agenda posted) Economic Development Commission meeting (agenda posted)	16 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Ageless Grace Brain Health Fitness Exploring Famous Artists with Miss Nora CANCELLED Recycling Ad Hoc Committee meeting (agenda posted) Hearts of Hope-Newtown Paint With A Purpose event CANCELLED Borough Zoning Commission meeting Bike & Trail Committee meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps quarterly meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	17 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht American Mah Jong Open Play Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “All About Us: Learn What WCAAA Can Do For You” Summer Time is Story Time with Miss Nora Virtual Author Talk: New York Times Bestselling Author Marie Lu Free Write Weekly at the Library Summer Luau “Ageism Unmasked” Book Discussion Series: Preface, Introduction & Chaptrer 1 — A Timeless Newtown event Summer Concert Series: The Saints Band Planning & Zoning Commission meeting (agenda posted) Sustainable Energy Commission meeting (agenda posted) Pension Committee meeting (agenda posted)	18 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” “Two Ruins” Photographs by William Frucht "Seussical The Musical Jr"	19 Newtown VNA CPR Class Community Yoga for All Levels with Alyssa Mancini "Seussical The Musical Jr" "Seussical The Musical Jr"
20 Newtown Conservation Commission Work Day "Seussical The Musical Jr"	21 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Magic Monday: Steve Woyce Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Commission on Aging meeting (agenda posted) Shortt’s Night on the Farm (new date) Board of Education CFF/CIP Subcommittee meeting (agenda posted) Board of Selectmen hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	22 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Tuesday Tunes at Dickinson Park: BenAnna Band Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Computer Tutoring Newtown Farmers Market Meet Maggie the Therapy Dog “Ageism Unmasked” Book Discussion Series: “The Era of Technology and Medicine” — a "Timeless Newtown" event Community Center Commission special meeting (agenda posted) Conservation Commission meeting Democratic Caucus Public Building & Site Commission meeting (agenda posted)	23 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Exploring Famous Artists with Miss Nora “Vacations Can Be Murder”: A True Crime Author Talk with Jodé Millman and Dawn M. Barclay Borough Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Inland Wetlands Commission meeting	24 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Blood Drive American Mah Jong Open Play Mother Goose II Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “Caring Smarter: How AI Empowers Caregivers and Protects Our Seniors” Summer Time is Story Time with Miss Nora Free Write Weekly at the Library Maplewood Summer Concert Series: Jammin Steel Band Summer Concert Series: My Brother’s Band CANCELLED Borough Historic District meeting	25 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" screening "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" screening ETH Drive-In: "Carrie"	26 Community Yoga for All Levels with Alyssa Mancini Cooking for Kids with Miss Sheila "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" screening Exploring Science with Charbel: Color Chromatography "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" screening ETH Drive-In: "Carrie"
27 "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" screening	28 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Summer Coding Club: Grades 4-6 Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “The Defrauding of Medicare and How To Not Be A Victim” Nature’s Book Club hybrid meeting Board of Fire Commissioners meeting Board of Selectmen meeting	29 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Tuesday Tunes at Dickinson Park: Lynn Lewis and Friends Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Computer Tutoring Newtown Farmers Market	30 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Fitzpatrick Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Exploring Famous Artists with Miss Nora	31 “The World Through the Eyes of An Artist” (last day) American Mah Jong Open Play Mother Goose II Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Virtual Author Talk: “On the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains” with Pria Anand C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees Executive Committee meeting Free Write Weekly at the Library Summer Concert Series: One Track Mind Board of Finance meeting	1 "Mean Girls: High School Edition"	2 Easy Teen Improv "Mean Girls: High School Edition" "Mean Girls: High School Edition"

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Fire Reports | July 9-15, 2025

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Maplewood Hosting Free Summer Concerts

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Reservoir Rd. does indeed appear to have an interesting history that I often ponder as I hike the Rochambeau Trail. Early on it was apparently part of a main route from the center of the Borough to Taunton, which went up Mt. Pleasant Rd. and then roughly followed a watershed boundary from Mount Pleasant to Taunton Hill. When the current switchback road was built from West St. to Castle Hill in the 1800s, replacing the indirect route through the campground that Rochambeau used, the part of that original route to Taunton now known as Reservoir Rd. became redundant. But on an 1868 town map and topographic maps from 1892 and 1915, it looks like both routes were still maintained as roads. By the time of the 1934 aerial survey of CT, the connection to Mount Pleasant Rd. (maybe called Reservoir Rd. by then since the reservoir is visible) even had two outlets onto Castle Hill Rd. Since it is only shown as a partial dashed line on a 1953 topographic map, it may have stopped being maintained as a passable through road by then. But on a 1963 topographic map, where the section down to Knollwood Dr. had become a normal road again, the other end is shown as a dashed-line road, still with two connections to Castle Hill Rd., and a structure on the east side where one can still find remnants of a house today. Maybe a longtime resident can add comments about what it looked like in the 1950s and 1960s?

Clarity on Reservoir Road and the Rochambeau Trail

Please stop referring to your fellow Newtowners as the Mob. I was at the Legislative Council meeting where Mr. Pisani insulted the intelligence of a room full of Newtown voters; twice, and not in a satirical way. Plenty of new projects have been given the green light - the repurposing of the Taunton Press property is a welcome addition to Town, a new retail center is under construction on Church Hill Rd there are ongoing plans for the existing Fairfield Hills campus. Newtown is a wonderful place to live. Kudos to the Town officials who have managed to grow Newtown and maintain a small town feel, which may mean saying no to development more often than you would like. There will always be two sides to any proposal - different points of view are welcome and essential - name calling adds nothing to the conversation.

Who is Calling Newtowners Stupid?

Appreciate your perspective. Rather than litiate all of your opinions expressed here, here....I would like correct your opinion about the BOS having the final authority on road discontinuance decisions. State statute (CT GS 13a-49), requires the BOS' decision to be approvate by a majority vote at a regular or special town meeting (just like the one Newtown had a few years back to decide to spend the money to build an addition onto the High School). In towns that no longer have any town meetings, that responsibility would fall on the town's representaive government, or legislative body....in Newtown's case, our Legislative Council. Failure to follow this statutory process is but one of the reasons the town/the BOS is being sued.

There are many private roads in Newtown where they property owner owns right to the center line, for example this is often true in the lake communities. Many of these roads predate and do not conform to the Town's roads standard and therefore the Town never accepted them into the Town road system. Does the Town actually own this road?

It’s important to clarify the tone and context of Derek Pisani’s remarks, particularly the satirical line about suing Newtown for "Gross Stupidity." This was clearly a tongue-in-cheek jab at the exhausting culture of legal threats that’s become a staple on the local Facebook Group forums. It was a reflection of frustration over endless regulatory hurdles and obstructionism, and the desire to avoid common sense solutions not an insult aimed at residents. Satire, is meant to provoke thought and highlight the absurdities. If we are unable to distinguish between satire and literal threats, perhaps the comment hit closer to the truth than we’d like to admit. Rather than focusing on Pisanis style, we should be discussing the substance of what he’s pointing out: that Newtown’s progress is being routinely blocked by a small but vocal contingent who seem intent on saying “no” at every turn. They are saying no to any development, no to common sense solutions to crowd control, etc. Newtown deserves leaders who are willing to call things as they see them, even if their language ruffles feathers. That doesn’t mean they lack respect for constituents—it means they care enough to challenge the Mob and push for solutions. Isn't that what we elect people to do? I applaud Pisani's dedication, he certainly has earned my vote. Regardless, let’s not reduce conversation to tone-policing and outrage. Let’s focus on the issues that matter.

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