To the Editor:
This week, the Connecticut General Assembly will officially convene the 2018 "short session" which goes from the first week in February through t...
Muryn P. Hotchkiss, 83, of Roxbury died January 12. Her loved ones say she entered the Church Triumphant. She was born March 9, 1934, daughter of Robert and Mar...
Stephen A. "Steve" Walter, 67, of Danbury died January 28. He was born in Muncy, Penn., son of Betty (Kramer) and Daniel Walter.
Mr Walter proudly served his co...
NEW HAVEN - Nothing like going up against the best to bring out the best. And, in the case of some members of Newtown High School's indoor track and field teams...
Eileen (Brenner) Willig, 96, of Southbury died February 3. Born in Adams, Mass., on August 8, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Alice Varno Brenn...
Newtown Public Schools will be closed Wednesday, February 7, due to the weather.
The school district made the announcement early Wednesday morning.
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Newtown High School's cheerleaders jammed months of hard work during practice spent fine-tuning stunts and dance routines into a two-and-a-half-minute performan...
From a win-loss standpoint, not much has gone wrong for Newtown High School's girls' basketball team, especially in South-West Conference play. The Nighthawks, ...
Rejecting or approving town budgets has nothing to do with 'smart' growth. These budgets are expected to grow appropriately as cost of services increases.
The status quo is clearly not appealing to voters who rejected the school budget at first and only narrowly approved the town's budget. Smart growth is the name of the game here. That would be growth that respects our past, retains and ensures our vibrancy, and simultaneously widens our tax base.
The Newtown Conservation Coalition is basically a NIMBY snake oil salesman. They jump from cause to cause with the sole goal of making sure nothing changes. It is only a matter of time before they lower their threshold, get to acres, and want an accessory building, not in "their" town. They will bust out a new poster of a bulldozer tramping over a "historic" stone wall and protest in front of any town meeting.