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School Board Changes Its Plan For NHS Auditorium Project

By Eliza Hallabeck and John Voket
Published: October 27, 2014 12:00 am
After reviewing new information, the Board of Education, during its meeting on October 21, voted to change its previously approved plans for a proposed Newtown High School auditorium renovation. Durin...

Westbound I-84 Lane Changes Planned in Sandy Hook

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: October 27, 2014 12:00 am
As part of the continuing construction project to replace the dual two-lane Interstate 84 bridges that cross above Center Street in the Riverside section of Sandy Hook, the state plans to make some ph...

Unusual Water Prompts Testing Near Deep Brook

By Kendra Bobowick
Published: October 26, 2014 12:00 am
Sediment, possibly from Fairfield Hills, may have washed into a Deep Brook tributary, Land Use officials learned Monday, October 20. Residents walking through the Deep Brook Preserve — land near where...

Opening Weekend Draws Hundreds To New Ambulance HQ

By John Voket
Published: October 25, 2014 12:00 am
From “ambulance driver” Stuart Smith, who was an active responder in Newtown for more than a half-century, and local community leaders to Danbury Hospital emergency physicians and state officials, inc...

Firehouse Proposal Gains Architectural Endorsement

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: October 25, 2014 12:00 am
Following an architectural review, the Borough of Newtown Historic District Commission on October 16 granted Newtown Hook & Ladder Company, No. 1, a “certificate of appropriateness’ for the new fireho...

Consigli Breaks Ground On Sandy Hook School

Published: October 25, 2014 12:00 am
Consigli Construction Co., Inc has broken ground for Newtown’s new 87,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Sandy Hook Elementary School. With offices in Hartford, Consigli was selected as construction man...

Lake Authority: 'Rake Away From The Lake'

By Kendra Bobowick
Published: October 25, 2014 12:00 am
Making a request of the lakeside community, Candlewood Lake Authority (CLA) members have asked residents to “rake away from the lake this fall.” A recent announcement from CLA states: “While the vast ...

New Poverty Hollow Road Bridge Open To Traffic

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: October 25, 2014 12:00 am
It has been a long time coming, but the new Poverty Hollow Road bridge that spans the Aspetuck River near Centennial Watershed State Forest is now open to traffic. Although detour signs were still pos...

IWC Reviewing Dodgingtown Subdivision Proposal

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: October 25, 2014 12:00 am
The Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) this week concluded its public hearing on The Preserve at Newtown, a proposed 23-lot residential subdivision on 167 acres in Dodgingtown. IWC members closed the he...