Police are seeking help from the public in solving a variety of vandalism incidents that occurred during the Halloween weekend period extending from the night of Thursday, October 29, to the night of Saturday, October 31, which was Halloween.
When I think about a vision for Newtown, I have to ask myself, what kind of town do I want to live in? I would like Newtown to be a place where people could start a family, raise that family and remain here after their children have grown.
While the four candidates for first selectman agreed the town has significant problems and is at a crossroads during their Monday night debate, they have different approaches to dealing with the issues.
The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a "notice of insufficiency" to the Housatonic Railroad Company, thoroughly describing a long list of shortcomings in the railroad's controversial DEP permit application to expand its solid waste handling operations at its rail terminal at 30 Hawleyville Road .
The Housatonic Railroad's proposal for expansion at its Hawleyville waste transfer facility has been temporarily put on hold by the Department of Environmental Protection, which deemed the plan insufficient.
About 50 residents attended an October 14 Inland Wetlands Commission public hearing held to review a wetlands regulation violation that allegedly occurred as part of the Housatonic Railroad Company's controversial proposal to expand its solid waste handling operation at its Hawleyville rail terminal at 30 Hawleyville Road.
A meeting of the state attorney general, state environmental officials, and town officials in Hartford on October 2, which was held to plan legal strategy concerning the Housatonic Railroad Company's controversial proposed waste-handling expansion project in Hawleyville, was a productive session, according to those present.
The Housatonic Railroad Company has revised its controversial pending state application to expand its solid waste handling at its Hawleyville rail terminal, reducing the proposed volume of waste that would be handled and also omitting certain forms of waste.
After negative publicity and political pressure from the town and state, officials from the Housatonic Railroad revised their Department of Environmental Protection application for the expansion of the Hawleyville transfer station.
Standard Demolition, which is affiliated with work taking place at the much-opposed Housatonic Railroad transfer station, is one of two low bidders for upcoming demolition work at Fairfield Hills.
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