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Fire Reports, May 7-13, 2015

Published: May 14, 2015 12:00 AM

The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, May 7: No calls listed. Fr...

Police Reports, May 2-12, 2015

Published: May 14, 2015 12:00 AM

Fire Truck Accident A town-owned fire truck used by the Botsford Fire Rescue Company, Inc, and a passenger vehicle were involved in an accident midday on May 8 at the intersection of South Ma...

Flags To Be Lowered For Peace Officers Memorial Day

By Shannon Hicks

Published: May 14, 2015 12:00 AM

HARTFORD — Governor Dannel P. Malloy on May 14 announced that he is directing US.and state flags in Connecticut to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, May 15, 2015, in recognition...

Hook & Ladder May Face $1 Million Shortfall For New Headquarters

By John Voket

Published: May 14, 2015 12:00 AM

Newtown Hook & Ladder President Rick Camejo and Building Committee representative Rob Manna reported to the Board of Finance May 11 that the all-volunteer company could be facing as much as a $1 milli...

DOT Describes Exit 11 Interchange Improvements Plan

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 14, 2015 12:00 AM

About 30 residents attended a May 7 informational session sponsored by the state Department of Transportation (DOT) for discussion on DOT’s plans to make a variety of improvements to the Exit 11 inter...

Botsford Man Arrested After Restaurant Incident

Published: May 13, 2015 12:00 AM

Police report they arrested a Botsford man on multiple charges following an incident near King’s Breakfast & Lunch Restaurant at 265 South Main Street at about 4 pm on May 10, in which the man alleged...

Former Police Sergeant And Dispatcher Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 13, 2015 12:00 AM

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Newtown police sergeant and a former emergency communications dispatcher on felony charges, which allege that they were part of an anabolic steroids drug tra...

Police Conclude NHS Bomb Threat Was A Hoax

By Andrew Gorosko

Published: May 13, 2015 12:00 AM

Police said this week they investigated a bomb threat at Newtown High School on May 4 which they determined to lack credibility and to be a hoax. However, the student at the school who was found to ha...

Clothing Drive For Social Services, Saturday

Published: May 12, 2015 12:00 AM

Newtown Country Club will host a clothing drive on Saturday, May 16, from 1 to 6 pm, to kick off its 100 Year Centennial Celebration. Donations received on Saturday will then be given to Newtown Socia...

Several Marina Slips Still Available At Eichler's

By Kendra Bobowick

Published: May 12, 2015 12:00 AM

With a gentle breeze pushing back her hair and early spring sunlight throwing shadows across a picnic area at Eichler’s Cove Marina, Deborah Denzel walked to the railing. Down a short slope was a smal...

Financial Foundations: Expanding Access To Homeownership: Innovative Mortgage Programs

Head O'Meadow Students Cast Votes For Books

Newtown Senior Alliance Hosted Its First Roundtable Regarding Housing

Juvenile At The Wheel Of Vehicle That Crashed Into Utility Pole

BOE Holds Celebration Of Excellence, Listens To NEASC Overview

I understand your basic point, but not the numbers. Can you help us understand where your numbers come from? Thanks!

The ‘Me’ Generation

Tom, I appreciate you sharing your perspective. My advocacy isn't about a personal 'vested interest' in a single field; it is about the Standard of Newtown. While you categorize the salt shed and library parking as 'essential' and the turf as an 'upgrade,' I would argue they all fall under the same umbrella of maintaining town assets. The Turf Field ($1.4M): This was a replacement project for a facility used by thousands of youth athletes, not a new 'luxury' add-on. The Salt Shed ($1.2M) & Library Parking ($1.4M): These were passed at almost identical price points. The point isn't to say these items aren't important; it’s to ask why we find the money for infrastructure that serves one demographic while claiming we are too 'fiscally strained' to fund infrastructure for another. When we categorize things we use as 'essential' and things our neighbors' children use as 'extras,' we aren't having an honest discussion about priorities, we are picking winners and losers. The goal of my letter wasn't to be 'unproductive,' but to sound the alarm for the 82% of residents who didn't show up to the polls. We cannot be a community that only thrives in parts. If we want Newtown to remain a place where people want to move and raise families, we have to invest in the next generation with the same urgency we use to fix our parking lots.

Michelle, I am sorry to see that you are also a victim of fabrications. All those rumors that go round that seem so convincing. All so often, those rumors are little more than convenient lies. This has been happening for several years and hopefully we can come together to stop them. Until then, I ask that those of you who have heard disparaging remarks about the candidates take the time to meet with them to ask them directly what you are concerned about. Get to know them better rather than assume. We all will have better representation both locally and state-wide if you do so.

Support For Brandon Moore

He is just another politician, you could see it when he got Bruce Walcz'zzz'k elected. Say whatever it takes to get into office...

Two Questions

This is disappointing because it frames voters who rejected the Treadwell turf replacement as selfish or anti-youth. When I suspect that Katherine's motives were likely because she has some vested interest in those turf fields, which makes it exceptionally selfish. There is a clear difference between maintaining basic town infrastructure and approving an athletic facility upgrade. Library sidewalks, parking access, and a salt storage facility support safety and essential town operations. The turf field may be worthwhile, but it is still a different type of request. Residents can support youth sports and still question the cost, timing, or priority of a specific project. Calling that selfish, or turning it into a generational argument is unfair and unproductive. Newtown is better served by honest discussion about priorities, not by accusing voters of lacking community spirit because they disagreed on one ballot item.

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Fire Reports, May 7-13, 2015

Police Reports, May 2-12, 2015

Flags To Be Lowered For Peace Officers Memorial Day

Hook & Ladder May Face $1 Million Shortfall For New Headquarters

DOT Describes Exit 11 Interchange Improvements Plan

Botsford Man Arrested After Restaurant Incident

Former Police Sergeant And Dispatcher Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

Police Conclude NHS Bomb Threat Was A Hoax

Clothing Drive For Social Services, Saturday

Several Marina Slips Still Available At Eichler's