A single-family house on Brookwood Drive was damaged last night by an apparently accidental fire that started while the two people who live there were away from home.
LOF Adaptive Skiers will be at Mount Southington, 396 Mt Vernon Road, Plantsville, Conn., Wednesday, January 15, at 9 AM, demonstrating a brand-new TetraSki.
Several Toddy Hill Road area residents who have been attending Police Commission meetings since mid-2017 in seeking better control over vehicular speeding on that north-south town road linking Sandy Hook to Botsford, are now asking the commission to fine tune some recent speed-control improvements made there by the town. The Police Commission is the local Traffic Authority.
Residents filled the lower meeting room at Edmond Town Hall on the wintry night of January 8 to watch and listen as members of the Borough Zoning Commission (BZC) deliberated on a development firm’s controversial proposal to create new zoning regulations, which would serve as a regulatory mechanism to allow that firm to apply to demolish the vacant former Inn at Newtown at 19 Main Street and replace it with a market-rate rental apartment complex.
The National Weather Service-New York office has issued a Snow Squall Warning that includes Newtown among the coverage area. The Warning is in effect until 10:45 am.
This is the second of a two-part retrospective covering a dozen top stories and events that engaged local elected leaders, boards, commissions, and town agencies in 2019.
While 2019 began with a ...
The idea that a freshman Democrat would be able to stand up to the special interests and prioritization of urban districts that are the base of that caucus to deliver results for Newtown is laughable - especially someone who could not even build the "relationships, coalitions, and the support necessary" to garner the endorsements of her fellow Democrat Council members ahead of Newtown's local caucus this spring.
More likely Newtown would see something akin to Leeper in Fairfield, performative actions after vote counting, while privately advancing their party's interests over their community's.
Dear Alyssa, Kelela, and Brandon,
We send our sincere sympathy to you and your family. We will also keep you in our prayers asking our Lord to grant you comfort and peace.
With love,
Vince and Sandy Venitelli
Bruce, your advice that voters should “read, listen, and engage” would be much more persuasive if you practiced it yourself.
You campaigned on openness and responsiveness. You declared that “evasive answers or silence are unacceptable in government” and promised to answer constituent inquiries within two days. Yet you never answered my straightforward public question about Main Street demonstrations, traffic disruption, pedestrian safety, and the effects on local businesses.
After taking office, meaningful public engagement has largely been replaced by “Brews with Bruce” at the Senior Center—requiring reservations and, for some residents, a day pass. That is not accessible, townwide engagement. Previous first selectmen held open coffee hours and walk-and-talk sessions that any resident could attend.
Then came the failed storm communications, your apology, and another promise to communicate better—followed shortly afterward by more silence while multiple police agencies conducted a significant search near Saw Mill Road.
You now tell voters to examine what candidates say and “how they say it.” I would suggest going one step further: compare what politicians promise while seeking office with what they actually do after winning.
Your record presents a stark contrast. You told voters exactly what they wanted to hear to get the job, then failed to live by those promises. Whether that is dishonesty or simply indifference, it is the same familiar, two-faced politics you once claimed you would replace.
Nothing says “I care about Newtown homeowners” quite like lining Main Street with plywood campaign billboards—apparently built just inches below the size at which officials say they can take action. At this rate, we’ll need property-tax relief just to offset the loss in curb appeal.
