Support Group listings for February 7-13, 2020, and monthly meetings.

A Toddy Hill Road man who has led an ongoing neighborhood drive for better traffic speed control on that residential street and Police Chief James Viadero on February 4 traded some fine points on how best to hold down travel speeds on the north-south town road often used by motorists as a shortcut between Sandy Hook and Botsford.

During the early morning hours of Saturday, February 1, police received a 911 call for help from a resident inside a compact two-story single-family house at 76 Church Hill Road in Sandy Hook, who told them that her house had “fallen down.”

The Board of Education unanimously approved its $79,201,776 budget proposal for 2020-21 at its meeting on February 4. The spending plan represents a 1.4 percent increase over the current budget. Read more about the budget here.

There is plenty to read at newtownbee.com, but so much more information to be found in print.

Former Newtown resident Kyle Lyddy entered a guilty plea on February 5 to a felony first-degree larceny charge stemming from his embezzlement of approximately $135,000 from a former employer.

Edmond Town Hall Theatre, the historic theater located within 45 Main Street, will close for three days beginning February 11, to upgrade its digital movie projector.

Two National Park Service advisors were the guest speakers during the January 15 Bikes & Trails Committee meeting.

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