During its regular meeting April 5, the Legislative Council put the finishing touches on a 2017-18 spending request that will go before voters in the annual budget referendum Tuesday, April 25. After ...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, which is located in Town Hall South at 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the volunteer fire companies which responded: ...

After learning that underground site challenges for a proposed new community center at Fairfield Hills had the potential to drain as much as $1.6 million from the project's $15 million budget before a...

Town police have mounted an internet-based fund drive to raise $15,000 in donations to cover medical costs related to the treatment of Saint Michael, their German shepherd, which has been diagnosed wi...

HARTFORD- Governor Dannel P. Malloy has announced that - in accordance with a proclamation from President Donald J. Trump - U.S. and state flags in Connecticut should be flown at half-staff from sunri...

Shortly before 9 pm on Sunday, April 2, Sandy Hook volunteer firefighters were alerted by a person who was outdoors in the Riverside neighborhood that there was a strong odor of propane in the air the...

This article has been updated from the story in the April 7 print edition. Police cannot provide rides to polls, as stated in the print story. The League of Senior Voters organized a special even...

An elderly Southbury woman died April 4, as a result of injuries she received in a two-vehicle head-on collision that occurred about 11:33 am that day on Mt Pleasant Road, officials said. Dolores Hake...

The Town of Newtown has issued a warning for potential local flooding conditions beginning early Wednesday evening, April 5, through Saturday afternoon and evening, April 8.newtown-ct.gov and ...

Are you living in a Newtown ALICE household? If so, Newtown Social Services may have some free money for you. ALICE, as identified by United Way agencies, is Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employe...