Support groups for the week of March 6-12, 2020, plus monthly listings.

Amid windy conditions, Newtown Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook volunteer firefighters were dispatched to an apparent brush fire at 3:34 pm on Wednesday, March 4, reported by an observer near 55 Church Hill Road, near the Housatonic Railroad’s freight line overpass.

Fifteen Newtown nonprofit organizations raised nearly $22,000 on February 27 during the seventh annual 24-hour Fairfield County’s Giving Day online marathon fundraiser powered by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation.

NOTE: The March 11 Borough Zoning Commission meeting has been canceled. || Residents will have an opportunity to voice their opinions on a set of proposed Borough "landmark" zoning regulations during the next Borough Zoning Commission meeting.

Tim Makris, a co-founder of the locally based advocacy nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) has resigned, telling

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Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue sent a message to district parents and staff regarding CoVid-19 (Coronavirus.) Read the message here.

While new global, national, or regional developments regarding the COVID-19 coronavirus seem to be appearing in the media virtually every hour, Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert is working to organize, digest, and disseminate the information that is most relevant locally.

Qualified taxpayers and residents turning out for the annual budget referendum April 28 will have an opportunity to weigh in on whether mixed-use development could be allowed under the Fairfield Hills Master Plan.

At the request of the developer, the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) has rescheduled a planned public hearing on a proposal to construct a 14,000-square-foot retail center, including a 2,800-square-foot restaurant, at the heavily traveled intersection of Berkshire Road (Route 34) and Toddy Hill Road in Sandy Hook, near Exit 11 of Interstate 84.