Talk:Southbury, Connecticut

Public Buildings
At some point I'll probably create a list and discussion on Public Buildings, rather than doing things like putting the Library under "Notable features." I say this because I'd like to talk about things like the Town Annex, which is currently being renovated ( http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2008/02/02/newsblog/315249.txt ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drhamad (talk • contribs) 21:30, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

David Pollitt
I've undone changes made by an unnamed user to the David Pollitt section. They were both badly done and done by an obviously interested party, as information was not only added, but other information was deleted.

"One interesting fact is that Pollitt is one of the highest risk sex offenders(out of 4600)in the state of CT with 5 first degree sexual assualt charges. ref> "

Any evidence that these two things are related?
"Southbury is the only town in the entire country with the name 'Southbury', hence the town seal reads "Unica Unique," which translates to "The One and Only.""

Both of these facts are true - it is the only Southbury, and the seal reads Unica Unique (for that matter, I put both of those things up), but I have no evidence to suggest that the seal reads Unica Unique BECAUSE it's the only Southbury (this was not my edit). I'm going to revert it unless some evidence can be presented. Drhamad (talk) 15:17, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * One site I found, but that's it: http://www.ellingtonschools.org/emslibrary/CTBOOK/Somers.htm Drhamad (talk) 15:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've not deleted/reverted, but I did change the line to "Southbury is the only town in the entire country with the name 'Southbury', which may be why the town seal reads "Unica Unaque," which translates to "The One and Only."" Drhamad (talk) 15:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Shepaug Dam
Is the hydroelectric facility run by NU or by FirstLight? I've seen conflicting things?Drhamad (talk) 14:40, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

City Utility Services
No, I can't cite anything in the first paragraph of this section. I know they're true, so if anyone can find cites that'd be nice.Drhamad (talk) 21:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Government
Added a gov't section. Drhamad (talk) 20:57, 18 December 2007 (UTC) Does Head librarian really count as part of the government? I just felt like throwing that in there, since I had the name.Drhamad (talk) 21:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Southford and South Britain
Anybody have any information on these? I don't even know what to call them.70.135.212.194 (talk) 18:22, 18 December 2007 (UTC) They are both villages within the town of Southbury. At one time they were both Post Office locations and also the names of School Districts.


 * Villages would be appropriate I would think as they are unincorporated sections of the town. I can not find that they are Census Designated Places.
 * Southford is a cluster of business and houses that developed around a stage coach stop on the Oxford Turnpike (1795) and nearby mills. South Britain grew around the mills on the Pomperaug River and was a parish separate from Southbury parish (1766). CTconfed (talk) 14:56, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Notable Features
Added a Notable Features section, just put the 2 state parks in it so far. I'm not sure it should be called "Notable Features" but I couldn't think of what else to call it.70.135.212.194 (talk) 18:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Added a bunch of historic districts and such.Drhamad (talk) 18:41, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Southbury Ambulance Association
Added the section on the SAA based off information on their own site.Drhamad (talk) 16:30, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Southbury Land Trust
I added a section on the SLT. As with most of my initial posts, it's fairly undetailed - I hope others can add to it.Drhamad (talk) 16:12, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

History
I also started a section on Southbury history. Drhamad (talk) 16:40, 12 December 2007 (UTC) "The town of Southbury was one of several towns formed out of a parcel of land purchased from the Paugussett Indians in 1659." This is a claim made by William Cothren that was effectivly argued by Samuel Orcutt as being incorrect using evidence from the Derby Land Records.

Schools
I started a section on the school system/region 15. It maybe should have its own main page, but I don't have that much energy right now. Nor did I put that much info in it so far. Drhamad (talk) 16:31, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Heritage Village/etc
Something should probably be mentioned about Heritage Vlg, no? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drhamad (talk • contribs) 16:23, 12 December 2007 (UTC) I added some info on Heritage Village and the seniors Drhamad (talk) 15:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Moving Out?
There is no data to backup the statement "Many people from Southbury are selling their homes and moving to quieter, more quaint suburbs such as Oxford". The population of Southbury is growing not decreasing. I have never heard of anybody moving to Oxford from Southbury, which has never been described as "quaint".

And you can see this from the July 2006 estimate data. +6% population, +62% home value from 2000.Drhamad (talk) 16:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Housing Prices
I removed this because I didn't see the relevance to the article, but if someone can provide a source or reason, it should be re-added.

"A three bedroom home in Southbury on 1 acre of land will list for about $489,450." Wangfoo 06:10, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I just added a median home value of $209k from 2000. That makes more sense than the comment deleted above. I also added 2006 estimates for a bunch of stuff.Drhamad (talk) 16:04, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Southbury needs something for kids to do and a place were they can hang out but keep out of trouble