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Score	Title & Abstract	Publish Date

25.6	Remembering 9/11 With A Ceremony And Blood Drives Howard Lasher welcomed members of the American Red Cross Connecticut Blood Services Region and the Newtown High School Chamber Choir and Singers for a brief ceremony on September 8, in front of the six maple trees Mr Lasher turned into a living memorial following the events of September 11, 2001. Read More...	9/9/2010 1:26:10 PM
25.6	CT United Ride To Roll Through Town Early Sunday Afternoon The 2010 CT United Ride will take place Sunday, August 29. In what is believed to be the largest 9/11 tribute in the state, motorcycles will have a police escort along a route that will for the tenth year leave from Norden Park in Norwalk, wind its way through 11 towns – including Newtown – and continue to Bridgeport, concluding at Seaside Park. The police escort for the riders and passengers means traffic from any side road along the route when the group is passing through each town will be held on their side road while al bikes are passing, which in the past has been as long as 30 minutes. Read More...	8/28/2010 5:20:06 PM
25.6	Labor Day Parade Will See The Return Of FAITH Food Pantry Food Drive As she prepares for her senior year of high school, Newtown resident Breanne Lubinsky is also planning for her third — and perhaps final, depending on what her summers are like once she hits the collegiate study circuit — Labor Day Parade food drive for FAITH Food Pantry. Read More...	8/26/2010 4:13:11 PM
25.6	Local Scouts Join 36,000 Others At National Jamboree In Virginia The Connecticut Yankee Council Boy Scouts of America (BSA) sent 440 Scouts and leaders to the 2010 National Jamboree last month, which included 22 Boy Scouts and five adults from Newtown, as part of the event that drew participants from across the country. The council began the weekend with a departure ceremony at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport on Friday, July 23, which opened an adventure that moved to Fort AP Hill in Virginia for a ten-day event that coincided with the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouting. Read More...	8/26/2010 2:26:35 PM
25.6	An Uplifting Fundraiser Is In The Works Paula Brinkman Hughes often finds herself returning to themes within her artwork. Read More...	7/29/2010 2:32:05 PM
25.6	An Uplifting Fundraiser Is In The Works Paula Brinkman Hughes often finds herself returning to themes within her artwork. Read More...	7/29/2010 2:27:02 PM
25.6	A Cool Controlled Look At A Potentially Hot And Explosive Threat On January 30, 2007, four people were killed and five others were seriously injured when propane vapors from a storage tank ignited and exploded at The Little General, a convenience store and gas station in Ghent, W.Va. A series of preventable mistakes leading up to the explosion may have increased the number of fatalities and injuries. Proper training for propane technicians and emergency responders involved in the Ghent tragedy may have lessened the level of tragedy. Read More...	7/29/2010 2:13:57 PM
25.6	Walking For Wildlife One Weekend Morning “Mom, we have 30 people!” Liza Tananbaum shouted to her mother shortly before 10 am last Saturday morning as she and her friend Julia Shuman checked off the names of those who were gathering to join the girls on their Walk For Wildlife. Read More...	7/22/2010 2:21:17 PM
25.6	Municipal Center Has Added Something New To Its Résumé: Gallery Space Whether you have business at, and therefore a reason to visit, Newtown Municipal Center this month or not, a trip to the building at 3 Primrose Street that now houses the majority of the town’s offices is worth your time. Read More...	7/20/2010 3:41:43 PM
25.6	Sandy Hook Residents Are Doing Their Part To Save Gulf Animals Read More...	7/14/2010 3:33:31 PM
25.6	A Homeowner’s Vision Graces A Historic Property With Landmark Gardens When Jean and Lincoln Sander bought the house at 211 Walnut Tree Hill Road in late 2002, he got the antique house he wanted and she had space to establish a new garden. It took a few years before Jean decided to establish a garden, but what she has done with the property in the past five years is nothing short of spectacular. Read More...	6/17/2010 1:34:05 PM
25.6	Police Investigate Robbery At Main St. Savings Bank Read More...	6/17/2010 12:17:25 PM
25.6	Town Hall's Movie Marquee Is Back In Business Read More...	6/3/2010 2:10:10 PM
25.6	Lions Club Is Ready To Celebrate A Decade Of Ducks Rain or shine, The Great Pootatuck Duck Race has been presented on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend for the past nine years. The tenth annual offering of the community event will return to Sandy Hook Center this weekend, and Newtown Lions Club is planning for another successful day that will bring families and friends of all ages to the park at 3-5 Glen Road for a few hours of fun highlighted by the grand dumping of approximately 3,000 rubber ducks from the iron bridge that spans the Pootatuck on Church Hill Road at 2 pm. Read More...	5/27/2010 1:05:42 PM
25.6	Antique Structure Heavily Damaged By Sunday Evening Fire Read More...	5/10/2010 7:48:46 AM
25.6	Students’ Call Of Hope Pulled In A Packed House For Haiti Fundraiser Read More...	5/6/2010 2:14:03 PM
25.6	Students’ Call Of Hope Pulled In A Packed House For Haiti Fundraiser Some sang. Some played piano solos. Others offered instrumental trios. There was poetry, a pair of slide shows, and even some comedy last Friday afternoon, all part of a talent show that served as a fundraiser for a school in earthquake-stricken Haiti. Read More...	5/6/2010 12:15:24 PM
25.6	Chronicling A Gardeners’ Work Of A Lifetime Sydney Eddison has lived in her home for 50 years. She has done all the things a person does while spending such an extended time in a single home, both happy and sad. She spent most of those years with her beloved husband Martin, hosted countless gatherings of family and friends, and established a very successful career as gardener, author, and lecturer. There has also been heartbreak, including Martin’s death five years ago. Read More...	4/29/2010 12:35:22 PM
25.6	After An International Journey, Antique Fire Gear Has Found Its Way Home Read More...	4/22/2010 1:32:31 PM
25.6	A Finale That Will Hopefully Be The First Of Many Full Seasons Newtown Cultural Arts Commission (NCAC) presented the season finale of its lunchtime theater presentations in collaboration with Play With Your Food last week and I for one hope that it was just that: just the finale of the first season. The three programs of 2009-10 — one each in December and February, and then last week’s offering — all followed a well-established pattern of 30 minutes for lunch, the performances, and, as time allowed, a question and answer session with the performers and directors. Read More...	4/15/2010 12:43:51 PM
25.6	Resident Farmer Gives Name To Dairy Collective’s New Ice Cream In January, The Farmer’s Cow announced that it would have ten flavors of ice cream available beginning by Memorial Day weekend. The Farmer’s Cow is the collective of six Connecticut dairy farmers who have been selling fresh milk, eggs, and other products publicly since October 2005. The new ice cream being introduced this year — vanilla, chocolate, chocolate chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip, strawberry, cookies and cream, black raspberry chocolate chip, peanut butter cup, cherry vanilla, and coffee — were initially missing something almost as important as their key ingredient, however: Names. Read More...	4/13/2010 9:26:46 AM
25.6	A Winning Love Story “It’s not every woman who thinks her husband might be an axe murderer the night they met.” Read More...	4/9/2010 11:11:57 AM
25.6	You Never Know Who You’ll Find In Your Family Tree Joyce DeWolfe began looking into her family history a few years ago. Like most people, she had no idea where her research would lead her. Read More...	4/1/2010 12:47:23 PM
25.6	Volunteers Hope Small Squares Make A Big Difference To Cancer Survivors When Newtown’s Annual Relay For Life celebration returns for 2010, one of the things that will be introduced may not even be noticed by those who participate in the main event. The new addition will be celebrated during the Survivors’ Reception on June 4, the day before the overnight relay at Fairfield Hills, when guests are presented with Survivor-Caregiver Squares. Read More...	4/1/2010 12:33:18 PM
25.6	Pilots Wed On Cloud Nine On St Patrick’s Day, pilots Robert Harris and Carol Froehlig of Sandy Hook took their marriage vows in their Cessna 172 airplane 2,000 feet high above Newtown. Justice of the Peace Cheryl Johnson conducted the ceremony. Read More...	3/25/2010 2:15:02 PM


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