Eversource Energy has notified the town that it will be performing aerial patrols on many of its transmission lines this week and next. Work will be done March 30-April 1 and April 4-8, according to t...

Due to public interest in the Rochambeau Woods proposal to build 29 clustered condominium units at a 29.2-acre site on Mt Pleasant Road in the borough, the Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) has schedul...

Newtown's Commission on Aging will be conducting a series of four forums and information exchanges over the next weeks for the "seniors and boomers" of Newtown to help clarify any confusion regarding ...

On a recent sunny day, several workers were busy renovating the interior of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company's newly expanded fire substation at 249 Berkshire Road (State Route 34). The ...

Members of Women Involved in Newtown spent a few hours on March 18 working on one of the club's annual projects: filling baskets with treats for children whose parents might need a hand making sure th...

Standing in front of the familiar dome of the Connecticut State Capitol, holding a sheaf of paperwork, Newtown's 106th District incumbent State Representative Mitch Bolinsky announced via a Facebook p...

At about 3:30 pm on Wednesday, March 23, someone forcibly entered two locked vehicles that were parked along DG Beers Boulevard near Newtown Municipal Center at Fairfield Hills and stole a purse from ...

Matt Maxwell and Bill Stevens both call Newtown their home, but they have a couple of other things in common. Both Republicans have announced intentions to challenge incumbent US Congresswoman Elizabe...

During a Legislative Council meeting March 23, Finance Director Robert Tait announced a recent budgetary windfall that, if applied, could reduce next year's currently proposed tax increase to 1.89 per...