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Published: Aug 08, 2026 at 08:00 AM
While the apex of the 2026 Semiquincentennial celebrations occurred ahead of and on July 4 — coinciding with the adoption of The Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress — local events to celebrate the 250th anniversary of this country...
Published: Aug 08, 2026 at 08:00 AM
Town Players of Newtown is seeking directors for the community theater’s 2027 season.
Potential directors are invited to e-mail their name and e-mail address; the name of the play they would like to direct, along with the name of the playwright and g...
Published: Aug 08, 2026 at 07:00 AM
On Saturday, August 1, a team of volunteers spent the day raking, shoveling, and dragging debris that had accumulated at Sticks & Stones Farm.
This comes after the Guskie Pond dam — located just over the Newtown-Monroe border, right by Sticks & Ston...
Published: Aug 08, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Newtown writer Kate Katcher is celebrating the release of her debut novel. Originally an award-winning play Katcher adapted into a full-length novel, 36 was released July 7.
The story follows matriarch Maxine Weiss as she manages her family, includin...
Published: Aug 07, 2026 at 04:00 PM
August 10, 2001
HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Sylvia Poulin.
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EDITORIAL INK DROPS — A MILESTONE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT: Thirty years ago this summer, Newtown ceased being a small town — at least in one respect. The town dissolved its const...
Published: Aug 07, 2026 at 08:00 AM
Readers should not be too concerned when they see multiple first responders converge on Fairfield Hills during the early afternoon Saturday, August 8. A multiple-agency training exercise is planned.
The training is planned for noon to 2 pm.
Newtown V...
Published: Aug 07, 2026 at 08:00 AM
Best wishes to the Reverend Andrea Castner Wyatt, who will be offering her final sermon at Trinity Episcopal Church this weekend. Andrea and her husband Chuck have been in Newtown since early 2020, when she accepted the call to serve as Trinity’s...
Published: Aug 07, 2026 at 08:00 AM
James Donald Callery (Jim), 91, beloved husband of the late Anne O’Rourke Callery, passed away peacefully at his residence, Benchmark of Newtown, on August 4, 2026.
He was the son of Anthony Thomas and Gladys Louise (O’Sullivan) Callery and was born ...
Published: Aug 07, 2026 at 07:30 AM
Commission on Aging (COA) members listened to a transportation review about Newtown Easy Transit and discussed revisiting the topic of affordable housing in Newtown at their Monday, July 27 special meeting.
The COA was originally scheduled to meet o...
Published: Aug 07, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Early in the morning of Sunday, August 2, a 911 call was placed to Newtown Communications saying that a fire had erupted at 71 South Main Street. It looked like the flames and smoke were coming from newly opened jjStacks.
Newtown Hook & Ladder Chief ...
