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The Public Weighs In On Education Budget

The Board of Education heard from several residents at a scheduled public hearing for the budget on Thursday, January 26. The board is scheduled to finalize its budget on Tuesday, January 31, at the Newtown Municipal Center at 7:30 pm. Once the budget passes the school board, it will go before the Board of Finance and the Legislative Council before going to referendum.

Charlotte Lowery Takes On Her New Life In The Fast Lane

Elizabeth Lowery of Sandy Hook wanted “a natural, intervention-free birth” for her second child. She got that, and more, when daughter Charlotte was born on January 24 while Wilson Lowery was driving his wife to the hospital Tuesday morning. Charlotte’s birth certificate gives “Exit 9 I-84” as the place of her birth.

Selectmen Review A New Hook & Ladder Firehouse Proposal
School Board Continues Budget Deliberations
Band Shell To Enhance Summer Concert Series
BOE Begins Focusing On 2012-13 School Budgets
2011-2012 School Calendar Amended
Prosecution Against Ex-Police Officers In Theft Case Moves Forward
Developer Eyes Woodbury Hall As Retail Space
Llodra Defends ‘No-Kill’ Policy After Critical Reception
Selectmen Wrap Up Budget Deliberations
Worker Seeks Money Damages For Construction Injury
Student Police Academy To Start At NHS
Town Truck Driver Apparently Hit With Thrown Snowball
Solar/Electric Project Approved For Sewage Treatment Plant
State Elections Commission Dismisses Complaints Against Town Clerk
Selectmen Reflect On 2012 Budget Process
Police Reports | January 13–24, 2012
Fire Reports | January 19–26, 2012
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'Secret Life Of Pancho Villa' Collaborators To Visit Booth Library This Weekend

The Secret Adventures of Pancho Villa: Poems and Memories of Other Beloved Pets is a collection of Donald Dale Jackson’s pet-themed writings. Coordinated by Darlene Jackson a few years after her husband’s passing, the book offers fiction (Don’s take on a fantasy life lived by the book’s title character, the couple’s first cat), nonfiction (a touching essay about their collie, Holly Golightly), and seven poems honoring cats.

Newtown Couple Finds Storm Damage Was A Blessing In Disguise

It did not occur to Danielle Smith and Scott Kunz that there might be a silver lining behind the clouds Sunday, August 28, as they stood outside their home at 62 Scudder Road. A gigantic hickory tree lay across half of the roof, pushing out the walls and allowing the last of the rain from Tropical Storm Irene to pour down into the basement....Read More

Deborah Henson-Conant Still Ready To Headline Flagpole Radio Cafe
PEZ Pops Open Its New Connecticut Visitors Center
Newtown Women’s Cookie Lighthouse Takes Top Prize
Reed Chef Manager Cited By Chartwells
NHS Greenhouse Opens To Students
Engine Trouble Tests Pilots’ Training During Charity Flight
Snapshot: Sarah Caron
The Cat Behind "Top of The Mountain"
Top Of The Mountain, from the issue dated January 27, 2012
On The Road With Shannon Hicks, from the issue dated January 27, 2012
The Way We Were, from the issue dated January 27, 2012
Enjoy Calendar: The Regional Calendar of Events (updated January 20, 2012)
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When Newtown Flips The Switch It’s Lights Out For Opponents

Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team showed in its January 20 win over Kolbe Cathedral just how dangerous it can be — and how important it is for the Nighthawks to flip that proverbial switch to turn the lights out on opponents....Read More

Boys Get Much-Needed Win Over NFA, Lose Heartbreaker To ND

Competing day in and day out, but struggling to find ways to win, Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team finally put the skids on a six-game drought. The Nighthawks did so with 61-50 victory over visiting Norwich Free Academy on January 18....Read More

NHS Swimmers Sink Barlow, 101-77
Hawk Grapplers Topple Weston
Spring Baseball
Benoit, Hawk Skaters Trick Barlow; NHS Up To D-II Task
With No Snow On Ground, Golfers Played Through Middle Of Month
Sharp Shooters Sink Their Shots
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Editorial Ink Drops: Keeping A Compassionate Animal Shelter

As a part of Newtown’s efforts to upgrade its animal control program and facilities with a new dog pound on Old Farm Road at Fairfield Hills, the Board of Selectmen last week reviewed a two-page proposal called “Policy and Procedure, Impounded Animal Euthanasia.” The first selectman explained that the document was an attempt to formalize and codify a set of de facto practices that have been in place for more than a decade. The use of the word “euthanasia” in the title of the proposal, however, set off alarm bells in the town’s dedicated corps of animal protection advocates, many of whom showed up at the selectmen’s special meeting January 19 to insist that Newtown not abandon its recent tradition of maintaining a “no-kill” animal shelter....Read More

Letters to the Editor

Keep The Teacher Or Face The Music – Linda Watson
Loss Of Music Teacher Hits A Sour Note – Isabel Cummings
Take The Politics Out Of Education – Oscar Berendsohn
What Happened To Our ‘No-Kill’ Shelter? – Starlet Braden
Sledding On Sacred Ground – Andrew Jensen
Music Is More Than Entertainment – Melinda Reynolds
Shortsighted Budget Cuts – Matt Cole
Town Should Exercise Caution In Deer Reduction Plan – Mary Gaudet-Wilson

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What's Playing At Edmond Town Hall?

This week's movie: Real Steel

Next week's feature: Tower Heist

Thursday, January 26
Screening of Stray Dog | Middle Gate School 4th Grade Chorus concert | Board of Education public hearing | Board of Finance meeting
Friday, January 27
Planning and Zoning Commission special meeting/workshop
Saturday, January 28
Open House at Newtown Congregational Preschool | Guided Walk at Holcombe Hill Preserve | Author & Illustrator Program at Booth Library
Sunday, January 29
(no public events announced)
Monday, January 30
(no public events announced)
Tuesday, January 31
Board of Education meeting
Wednesday, February 1
Borough Zoning Board of Appeals special meeting | Legislative Council meeting | Zoning Board of Appeals meeting
Thursday, February 2
Regional Recycling Task Force meeting | Board of Ethics meeting | Planning & Zoning Commission meeting | “Camera Basics” workshop by Flagpole Photographers Camera Club
Friday, February 3
(no public events announced)
Saturday, February 4
Housatonic Valley Waldorf School Open House | Take Your Child To The Library Day Puppet Show | Deborah Henson-Conant at Flagpole Radio Caf�
Sunday, February 5
(no public events announced)
Monday, February 6
Board of Selectmen meeting
Tuesday, February 7
Lake Zoar Authority meeting | Board of Education meeting | L ake Lillinonah Authority meeting
Wednesday, February 8
Borough Zoning Commission meeting | Newtown Arts Festival Committee meeting
Thursday, February 9
Water & Sewer Authority meeting
Friday, February 10
Friday Night Bingo
Saturday, February 11
Turn Nickels Into Gold: NHS Varsity Winter Guard Fundraiser (two locations) | The Newtowner Masked Ball
Sunday, February 12
Trio Solisti in concert
Monday, February 13
Board of Finance meeting | "Hidden In Plain View: Quilts During History" program
Tuesday, February 14
ST VALENTINE'S DAY | Newtown Parks & Recreation Commission meeting | Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers meeting | Conservation Commission meeting
Wednesday, February 15
Borough Zoning Board of Appeals meeting
Thursday, February 16
Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority (HRRA) meeting | Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials (HVCEO) meeting | Screening of High and Low | Sustainable Energy Commission meeting | Planning & Zoning Commission meeting