A Danbury resident lost his life after the motorcycle he was operating collided with a delivery truck while both were traveling on Hawleyville Road last night.
Over 80 people attended a recent public forum featuring Michelle Embree Ku and Brandon Moore, who are running for Democratic nomination for State House 106th District.
UPDATE: This event has been postponed to May 22. || The second of two planned "Meet the Democratic Candidates for the 106th District" events will be presented at Newtown Community Center next week.
Planning & Zoning approved a covered structure at Covered Bridge Apartments and updated the definition of farmer's market to include live, amplified and unamplified music.
Two men received minor injuries and a local road was closed for a few hours on Sunday after a 2008 Light Medium Tactical Vehicle they were traveling in went off the interstate late that morning and partially rolled down an embankment.
Newtown Police have assisted Connecticut State Police seeking two two individuals who had fled on foot from a motor vehicle crash on I-84 earlier this afternoon.
Commission on Aging members listened to a presentation about Medical Aid in Dying legislation, covering its history, statistics, and testimonies from those who went on to use it.
I am glad to see First Selectman Bruce Walczak engaging the electorate. Mark your calendars, folks — apparently, communication from Town Hall is possible after all.
Unfortunately, Bruce Walczzzzak is starting to look like just another politician: campaign on change, criticize the last guy, ask taxpayers for more staff, and then tell residents the job still cannot be done.
Well that is some spin. The Democrats have a super majority on the LC and passed the Education Budget without serious consideration of if the voters could afford the multi million dollar increase. "Was the request justified?" rather than "is this needed?" and "can the voters shoulder yet another large increase?" The voters rightly sent it back.
Then for some reason all the discussion around reductions to the increase seemed to be coming from the classroom, rather than administration and overhead costs. Is this a coercive tactic to manipulate parents into supporting the budget like tacit threat of cutting freshman sports was two years ago?
Who believes the Democrats did not caucus privately before the meeting and came in with a number already worked out? This is the Dems budget, they own it.
I think it is important that we do not villainize every black box seen around a home, business, farm, or municipal property. A black exterior station does not always mean rat poison is being used. These stations can hold a number of different products, including monitoring blocks, snap traps, non-toxic bait, anti-tick bait stations, organic salt- or cornmeal-based control products, and newer fertility-control approaches intended to reduce rodent populations without traditional poisons.
The better conversation, in my opinion, is not simply “black boxes are bad,” but rather: what is inside them, who is maintaining them, and whether the rodent issue is being managed responsibly. Exclusion, sanitation, trapping, habitat reduction, and careful monitoring should all be part of a responsible IPM strategy.
To be fair, on my own property I do use rodenticides, including Bromethalin and Bromadiolone, in secured bait stations. But that is a choice I make for my property, based on my circumstances and the risk I am trying to manage. I also believe property owners should understand the tradeoffs and be encouraged to use the least harmful effective method whenever possible.
I support protecting Newtown’s wildlife. I also support giving residents accurate information and not assuming that every black box represents reckless or unsafe pest control. The goal should be responsible rodent management, not fear of the box itself.
