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Unraveling Probate Challenges, Next Genealogy Club Meeting

Updated: Oct 05, 2021 10:46 AM

The next meeting of the Genealogy Club of Newtown will feature Brynna O’Sullivan’s virtual presentation of “I Know There’s A Will, But Where Is It?”

Butterfly Tree Project To Honor Dying Sugar Maple

Updated: Nov 01, 2021 04:34 PM

Ahead of the removal of a sugar maple within the patio of C.H. Booth Library, readers are invited this week to pick up a craft kit to celebrate all that the tree has provided.

Workcamp Info Session Planned For Students & Parents

Published: Oct 04, 2021 07:55 AM

While the Newtown Ecumenical Workcamp Servants (NEWS) stayed close to home for another summer, the group is again ready to begin planning for a road trip. A 2022 Trip Camper & Parent Info Meeting is b...

Holiday Closings: Columbus Day

Published: Oct 04, 2021 07:45 AM

Local, state and federal entities will all be closed next Monday in observance of Columbus Day.

Ladies Auxiliary Planning Paper Shredding Fundraiser

Published: Sep 30, 2021 08:00 AM

The Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company Ladies Auxiliary is planning a rain or shine fundraiser for Saturday morning.

2021 Halloween Walk Planned For Sandy Hook Center

Published: Sep 28, 2021 08:00 AM

The Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity is planning its 2021 Halloween Walk.

Hometown Stars: Father And Son Begin ‘Joyful, Amazing’ Journey On The Voice

By Alissa Silber

Updated: Sep 28, 2021 08:04 AM

After Jim and Sasha Allen stepped foot onto that iconic stage of "The Voice," they talked exclusively with The Newtown Bee about how their journey of preparation and dedication to their craft was years in the making.

Next Hearts Of Hope Paint With A Purpose Event October 20

Published: Sep 27, 2021 08:00 AM

All are invited to join Hearts of Hope-Newtown for its next painting party.

Second Annual Scarecrow Contest Announced

Published: Sep 27, 2021 07:45 AM

Newtown Parks & Recreation has announced the Second Annual Scarecrow Contest.

Historical Society Planning Tag Sale; Donations And Volunteers Sought

Published: Sep 25, 2021 08:00 AM

Newtown Historical Society is planning a tag sale for next weekend. Donations are being accepted until then.

Caryl Stuart Stratton (September 19, 1939-July 8, 2025)

Community ‘Welcomed With Open Arms’ At Newtown Senior Center’s Open House

Snapshot: Tyler Pruneau

NewSylum Brewing Company Reaches $7,700 In Total Giving To NYFS

Newtown Parent Connection Presents Second Scholarship To High School Student

Sorry Lynn, not letting you get away with this. Yes, we all have the constitutional right to demonstrate peacefully but NO, no one ever said anything about taking that right away. You just made it up.

Expresses Opposition To Proposed Assembly Ordinance

A small Newtown business lost important revenue because of the protest. Traffic was disrupted causing a safety concern. Newtown taxpayers paid for police OT because the PD had to react to the protest rather than be prepared in advance. God forbid, if there was loss of life or property, Newtown could be liable legally for negligence. Your comment sounds like Liberal Woke thinking and apparently you are more sympathetic to protestors than to Newtown. Non-issue? In Kerrville TX the legislative body had the chance to vote for a flash flood siren warning system. They thought it was a non-issue. Now, over 200 people are dead and families are destroyed. No way does the town not get expensively buried in court should it be foolish enough to NOT go down this path.

Assembly Ordinance?

Hi David, I did not ignore anyone. I presented 4 quantifiable advantages and one intangible that an ordinance addressing protests would benefit Newtown. That was my only standard. No one that came to the meeting including the other LC members provided any argument to over come those benefits and remember, the threshold was set extremely low. The only thing the LC was voting on was to "just consider" if an ordinance would be in order. Get over the "stadium" joke. It is scandalous that you don't have the mental capacity to understand it was a joke. Remember when I asked to meet with you for breakfast to see in we could compromise on some of your many complaints? I am sure could have found compromises but apparently the word "compromise" is not a part of your vocabulary. Either is acting like an adult. By the way, the intangible...that was to provide protection for you and your family, God forbid, that you were protesting and someone came barreling through the crowd in a car. My point was you always plan for worst case scenario, not best case scenario. In Kerrville TX, the legislative body had the chance to vote to put a flash flood warning siren in place. Someone like you probably thought they didn't need it. Now over 200 people are dead. Nothing bad could ever happen in Newtown right?

Pisani to Sue Newtown – Part 1

Reservoir Rd. does indeed appear to have an interesting history that I often ponder as I hike the Rochambeau Trail. Early on it was apparently part of a main route from the center of the Borough to Taunton, which went up Mt. Pleasant Rd. and then roughly followed a watershed boundary from Mount Pleasant to Taunton Hill. When the current switchback road was built from West St. to Castle Hill in the 1800s, replacing the indirect route through the campground that Rochambeau used, the part of that original route to Taunton now known as Reservoir Rd. became redundant. But on an 1868 town map and topographic maps from 1892 and 1915, it looks like both routes were still maintained as roads. By the time of the 1934 aerial survey of CT, the connection to Mount Pleasant Rd. (maybe called Reservoir Rd. by then since the reservoir is visible) even had two outlets onto Castle Hill Rd. Since it is only shown as a partial dashed line on a 1953 topographic map, it may have stopped being maintained as a passable through road by then. But on a 1963 topographic map, where the section down to Knollwood Dr. had become a normal road again, the other end is shown as a dashed-line road, still with two connections to Castle Hill Rd., and a structure on the east side where one can still find remnants of a house today. Maybe a longtime resident can add comments about what it looked like in the 1950s and 1960s?

Clarity on Reservoir Road and the Rochambeau Trail

Please stop referring to your fellow Newtowners as the Mob. I was at the Legislative Council meeting where Mr. Pisani insulted the intelligence of a room full of Newtown voters; twice, and not in a satirical way. Plenty of new projects have been given the green light - the repurposing of the Taunton Press property is a welcome addition to Town, a new retail center is under construction on Church Hill Rd there are ongoing plans for the existing Fairfield Hills campus. Newtown is a wonderful place to live. Kudos to the Town officials who have managed to grow Newtown and maintain a small town feel, which may mean saying no to development more often than you would like. There will always be two sides to any proposal - different points of view are welcome and essential - name calling adds nothing to the conversation.

Who is Calling Newtowners Stupid?

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