The number of online voter registrations surged following a Facebook promotional effort last weekend, which was launched in advance of National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 27.a short ...

The Friends of Newtown Seniors is sponsoring a shredding day, in cooperation with Newtown Public Schools, Newtown Parks & Recreation, Senior Services, and the Commission on Aging, on Saturday, October...

Following its review of a request from the Police Commission for the installation of a traffic signal at a hazardous Sandy Hook intersection, the state Department of Transportation (DOT) has decided t...

The date for the end of the Newtown High School auditorium renovation project may now be June, as the Board of Education learned at its September 20 meeting. Construction documents, specifications, an...

Police have compiled motor vehicle accident statistics for the previous four calendar years, listing the intersections in town that have had the highest accident rates from 2012 to 2015 inclusive. Pol...

UPDATE (Monday, September 26, 5:53 pm): Stratford PD has cancelled the Silver Alert for  Tyrique Cunningham. Other than deeming the case "Resolved," no additional information has b...

On Wednesday, September 28, at 2:20 pm EDT, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Weather Service, ...

A "majestic" white oak tree is standing in the path of road improvements at the top of Toddy Hill Road, causing concern among several residents there. "I am a farmer and I have a lot of respect for tr...

The first of at least two public hearing opportunities hosted by the Inland Wetlands Commission to gather input on a proposed Church Hill Road development played out September 14 with no publi...

DANBURY - A judge has granted a former Newtown Middle School eighth grade science teacher special pretrial probation in his court case stemming from his illegal possession of a loaded .45-caliber semi...