The National Weather Service has issued at Flash Flood Warning for sections of southern Fairfield County and New Haven County, which will remain covered by the warning until 2:45 Friday, December 21. While not part of those areas, Newtown is listed within the warning, which was issued out of the Albany NWS service at 10:55 am. 

The developer of a major industrial/commercial project proposed for a sprawling site in Hawleyville, near Exit 9 of Interstate 84, has reworked its construction proposal, an earlier version of which received a wetlands protection permit in July. The new version of the project significantly increases the overall amount of construction proposed and alters the mix of uses.

Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) members are continuing their review of numerous wetlands violations that have been uncovered at the Planters’ Choice properties on Huntingtown Road and Meadowbrook Road. They are formulating a list of remedies for the firm to implement to correct the environmental problems.

The Board of Education heard a report on special education practices and procedures from consultants at its meeting on December 18: The report recommends further district-level reviews.

The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a four-year contract with bargaining unit employees of Newtown’s Department of Public Works (DPW) during a brief regular meeting December 17.

Twenty-six luminaria bags were placed on the Fairfield Hills campus sign on Friday, December 14, and lit around dusk. Each bag represented one of the educators or one of the children killed six years earlier on 12/14.

Calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps for the periods of December 13-20, 2018.

In a brief note delivered to Newtown’s Human Resources Department on December 19, long-time Newtown Senior Services Director Marilyn Place announced her intention to resign.

Newtown resident Scarlett Lewis, whose son, Jesse, was among the 20 children who died six years ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was among the six family members of victims of mass shootings to attend a White House meeting Tuesday, December 18, with President Donald Trump.

Town offices and other entities, including the office of The Newtown Bee, will be affected in upcoming weeks by Christmas and New Year’s. Most deadlines for the hometown newspaper will also be affected by the federal holidays.