Police Commission members learned at their Tuesday, November 5, meeting that planning for the new police station at 191 South Main Street is nearly done, and construction on the project will start soon.

Fire reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period covering October 31-November 6, 2019.

In a 8-3 vote with one abstaining, the Legislative Council on November 6 accepted a negotiated teachers contract that will provide a total 8.91 percent pay increase over the next three years.

Calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps for the period of October 31-November 7, 2019.

he construction phase for Newtown’s new Police Headquarters could commence in as little as a week after a joint meeting between the Public Building and Site Commission (PBSC) and Board of Selectmen November 6.

Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members did not endorse a developer’s controversial proposal to create two new regulatory mechanisms in the borough zoning regulations in connection with the developer’s proposal to build a market-rate rental apartment complex at 19 Main Street, the site of the former Inn at Newtown.

Following a November 7 public hearing, at which a large gas station/convenience store proposed for a vacant 3.7-acre lot at 13 Hawleyville Road (Route 25) drew stiff opposition from the public, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members unanimously rejected the development project.

While a motor vehicle colliding with a deer is not an unusual event on local roads, a collision involving a vehicle and a black bear is out of the ordinary.

The Design Advisory Board (DAB) on Tuesday, November 12, is scheduled to review the architectural and landscaping aspects of a proposed Botsford restaurant expansion project. The DAB session is slated for 7 pm at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Residents interested in offering their views on a land developer’s controversial proposal to raze the former Inn at Newtown at 19 Main Street and replace it with several buildings comprising a market-rate rental apartment complex will have an opportunity to comment when the Borough Zoning Commission (BZC) holds a public hearing on the matter next week.