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Displaying 13 stories published between 5/5/2008 and 5/12/2008.

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3.2 Art Show A Sensory Celebration After weeks of research and hard work, and a marathon session of mounting the projects up and down the halls and in the lobby of the school, Newtown Middle School students and instructors welcomed friends and family to the annual Celebration of the Arts, Tuesday evening, April 29. Under the direction of art teachers Arlene Spoonfeather, Claudia Mitchell, and Jean Walter, seventh and eighth grade students collaborated to create a world made up of colors, sights, sounds, and flavors to titillate the senses. Read More... 5/8/2008 2:12:35 PM
3.2 Snapshot Joe Engelberger is featured this week. Read More... 5/8/2008 1:42:48 PM
3.2 Mountain A cat's eye view of life in Newtown - Read More... 5/8/2008 1:38:59 PM
3.2 Mountain Lion Mystery Amy Schmidt is pretty certain that the creature she watched strolling down her driveway Friday afternoon, May 2, was not a coyote, a bobcat, or even a dog. As she waited in the front doorway of her Castle Hill home with her 10-year-old daughter, Hannah, for her son Noah’s school bus, she observed a large animal casually making its way along the edge of the winding driveway. Read More... 5/8/2008 1:36:21 PM
3.2 From Pennies To Packages, It’s All For The Troops “Thanks so much for the care package. I didn’t have that out for too long before my guys had eaten all the beef jerkey [sic]” — Lt Brandon Kennedy. Read More... 5/8/2008 1:32:22 PM
3.2 Birder Caters To The Fast Growing Hobby Of Bird Watching There is more than a little irony in the fact that not only has she nurtured a love for feathered creatures her whole life, worked for Audubon of Greenwich, and owns Wild Birds Unlimited in Brookfield, but that her name is Margaret… Robbins. Read More... 5/8/2008 1:20:18 PM
3.2 ‘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... 5/8/2008 1:16:01 PM
3.2 Familiar Newtown Face Takes Over As Ives Concert Park’s New Boss When Phyllis Cortese was just a little girl from West Hartford, her mom took her to see Barbra Streisand on Broadway in Funny Girl. From that moment on, the precocious young lady knew she wanted to be in show business. Read More... 5/8/2008 12:41:25 PM
3.2 May 17 Will Bring Inaugural Newtown Artisan Market Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS) and Stacey Olszewski/Piper Productions of Newtown are co-coordinating the first of what they hope will be many Newtown Artisan Markets on Saturday, May 17. The event will be at Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane. It will run from 10 am to 4 pm, rain or shine. Read More... 5/8/2008 12:21:49 PM
3.2 A Trip Inside The Earth Wendy Furell sat alone in a corner of the Middle Gate School auditorium, surrounded by pairs of children’s shoes and the whisper of a fan humming steadily. Turning her wristwatch to glance at the time, Ms Furell, a member of the elementary school’s PTA, stepped around pairs of sneakers toward Steve Jansen’s voice, his deep tones coming from the inside of a canvas, inflated replica of Earth. Read More... 5/8/2008 12:12:08 PM
3.2 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... 5/8/2008 12:06:17 PM
3.2 What’s Playing At Edmond Town Hall? This week's movie feature - Read More... 5/8/2008 12:03:08 PM
3.2 The Way We Were The news of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago - Read More... 5/8/2008 11:59:20 AM
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