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Four Traffic Projects Gain State Approval

Police Commission members learned this week that the State Traffic Commission (STC) has approved the town’s traffic planning for Fairfield Hills, where the town is conducting a major redevelopment project....Read More

Newtown Youth Academy Reshapes Fairfield Hills

Peter D’Amico’s personal vision for a sports complex is finally showing signs that anyone can now that the first brick-faced wall for his privately funded Newtown Youth Academy (NYA) has been raised....Read More

Alberts Hill Road Reopened To Through-Traffic
Attorney For NHS Security Chief Claims Dismissal Was ‘Unjustifiable’
Traffic Safety Measures At Queen & Glover
Faulty Electric Cuts Water To Pound, Dogs Move To Animal Hospital
School Board Technology, Staff, Facility Reductions Pass Unanimously
Stratford Resident Recommended For New Finance Director

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Residents Benefit From AmeriCares HomeFront Project Volunteers

Power tools, pruning sheers, a few rakes, and much-needed coffee brakes filled the morning and carried volunteers through to the mid and late afternoon as they made home repairs and caught up with yard maintenance at two Newtown residences on Saturday, May 3....Read More

‘Art In Bloom’ Boosts Garden Club Efforts

The Budd House was dressed up with for “Art In Bloom” last Saturday afternoon as guests, wine glasses in hand, moved from room to room looking at the sharp curves of petals in one photo, or a swan with its neck stretched backward to primp its feathers in another. ...Read More

Familiar Newtown Face Takes Over As Ives Concert Park’s New Boss
May 17 Will Bring Inaugural Newtown Artisan Market
From Pennies To Packages, It’s All For The Troops
Mountain Lion Mystery
Art Show A Sensory Celebration
A Trip Inside The Earth
Birder Caters To The Fast Growing Hobby Of Bird Watching
The Way We Were
Mountain
Snapshot
What’s Playing At Edmond Town Hall?

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Newtown High School Track Teams Piling Up Wins

The Newtown High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams continue to show off their speed, stamina, strength, and agility as the season unfolds. The boys’ squad improved to 11-1 following a sweep of Immaculate, Oxford, and Stratford in Tuesday’s meet. The girls, meanwhile, stand at 9-3 overall and distance runner Elise DeRoo broke her own 1600 meter record — twice, in fact — in a pair of meets this past week. ...Read More

Newtown High Golfers Boast 5-1-1 Conference Record

The Newtown High School boys’ golf team reeled off five straight wins between April 21 and May 1, then fell short in a tough match against Brookfield this past Monday and played to a hard-fought tie against South-West Conference nemesis Weston on Tuesday. The Nighthawks are 5-1-1 in the South-West Conference heading into their final five matches. After consecutive wins over Notre Dame-Fairfield, Stratford and Immaculate, on April 21, 22 and 24 respectively, the Nighthawks traveled to Rock Ridge Country Club and beat Bethel as the Hawks combined to shoot a 162 to Bethel’s 178 on April 30. The Hawks returned home to the Newtown Country Club and got past New Milford (163-168) on May 1. They were beaten by Brookfield (165-169) at Sunset Hill on Monday and played to a five-card 190-190 tie with Weston at home on Tuesday....Read More

NHS Softball Team Keeps Rolling

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Buying Local Is Good Economics

With the price of both gas and milk at roughly $4 a gallon and the consumer confidence index slumping month after month, with credit markets and job markets tightening and the stock in whiplash mode, ordinary people are looking for refuge. And once again we find our most reliable defenses against uncertain times are close at hand, right here in our hometown. Increasingly, communities are both achieving and building economies by making the most of local goods, services, and resources....Read More

If It’s Not Censorship, Then What Is It?

Poor Greenwich. All that money, all that civility, all that good taste. It hardly seems fair that controversy should rear its mangy head where so much effort goes into making everything nice. Real tiffs there arise mostly with outsiders who surreptitiously try to consume town amenities without (choke!) paying. These brigands sometimes attempt to jog on the local beach or study at a local school. They’re ordinarily apprehended and swiftly banished....Read More

Letters to the Editor

Cub Scouts To Boy Scouts – Thomas M. Maxwell II
Honor Student Offers Thanks – Ryan O’Keefe
Kindness On May Day – Florence Rubinstein, Acting Director
Move The Municipal Offices To Fairfield Hills – Jan Andras
No One Is Singling Out The Monks – JoAnne Barnhart
Planning & Zoning At Its Best – Paul D. Fadus, A.C. Carvalho
Pleased At The Progress Done To Restore The School System – Desiree Galassi
Show Of Support – Wendy Olson
Silent Auction Is About Residents Helping Residents – Donna Monteleone Randle
Where Has All the Money Gone? – Ruby Johnson

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What’s Playing At The Edmond Town Hall?

“Miss Pettigrew lives For A Day” PG13. Friday and Saturday at 7 & 9 pm; Sunday - Wednesday at 7 pm; matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 1 & 4 pm, Tuesday 1 pm. $2 admissions, run time is one hour, 32 minutes....Read More

Friday, May 9
Family Movie Night
Saturday, May 10
11th Annual Town and Country Garden Club Plant Sale
Sunday, May 11
MOTHER’S DAY
Monday, May 12
Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South | “The Multidimensional Ronald Reagan,” 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library community room
Tuesday, May 13
Conservation Commission | Parks and Recreation Commission | Design Advisory Board, | Borough Board of Burgesses | Booth Library Board of Trustees | Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers
wednesday, May 14
“Lunch & Learn: Living with Diabetes,” | “Jazzing Up The Garden with Color and Contrast,” | Hawley Chorus Spring Concert | Borough Zoning Commission | Inland Wetlands Commission | Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will have painter Anda Styler critique of SCAN member paintings
Thursday, May 15
“Am I Better Prepared Than My Parents?” | Sandy Hook School Chorus Spring Concert | Clean Energy Task Force | Planning and Zoning Commission
Friday, May 16
Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials