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Hawleyville Medical Office Building Proposal Under Town Review

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: January 10, 2015 12:00 am
Following review of a report on the traffic implications of a 30,000-square-foot medical office building proposed for 168-170 Mt Pleasant Road in Hawleyville, the Police Commission, serving as the tra...

Police Panel Considers Ways To Cut False Burglar Alarms

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: January 10, 2015 12:00 am
Police Commission members are considering strengthening the town’s ordinance on burglar alarms, a move which they expect would greatly decrease the number of false alarms to which police respond. By r...

Firehouse Traffic Report Issue Unresolved

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: January 10, 2015 12:00 am
Police Commission Chairman Paul Mangiafico said this week he is seeking to learn when the commission, in its role as the local traffic authority, will receive for review a formal traffic report from t...

Police Seek Public Comments On Accreditation Renewal

Published: January 10, 2015 12:00 am
The Newtown Police Department is seeking public comments as part of its state reaccreditation process. A team of inspectors from the Police Officers Standards and Training Council (POSTC) is scheduled...

New School Bids Under Budget, Site Work Progressing

By John Voket
Published: January 09, 2015 12:00 am
Bids for the construction phase of the Sandy Hook Elementary School project have been opened and appear to address the full scope of work required to complete the new building, and they are $500,000 t...

BOE Continues To Look At 2015-16 Budget

By Eliza Hallabeck
Published: January 09, 2015 12:00 am
At its second workshop for the 2015-16 budget, on Thursday, January 8, the Board of Education continued to hear from school district leaders regarding individual aspects of the superintendent’s propos...

Council Approves Five-Year CIP

By John Voket
Published: January 09, 2015 12:00 am
Under pressure to have an approved capital improvement plan (CIP) to present to ratings agencies ahead of a bond refunding next week, and despite early speculation that officials would not complete de...

Charter Commission Work Continues, Mostly At Committee Level

By John Voket
Published: January 09, 2015 12:00 am
Newtown’s Charter Revision Commission was still busily working through the holidays and into the New Year, but most of the commissioners’ efforts were focused in subcommittees, according to Chairman J...

Police Reports, December 23, 2014-January 5, 2015

Published: January 09, 2015 12:00 am
Reckless Driving After learning that Newtown Police held a warrant for his arrest, Brian Riguzzi, 39, of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., turned himself over to police at the police station about 12:30 pm...

Winter Road Budget In Flux After Six 'Events'

By John Voket
Published: January 09, 2015 12:00 am
To Newtowners, it’s snow, sleet, and slush. But to local officials and Highway Department crews slogging through it with plows, sand, and salt, these passing winter fronts are classified as “events.” ...