Chocolate Table
*The library is selling Book Lover’s and Wine Lover’s Chocolate in a variety of flavors for $6 a box. All proceeds benef...
 Thursday, December 30: 7:20 am, wires down, near 148 Boggs Hill Road, Dodgingtown responded; 8:26 am, vehicle fire, near 50 Scudder Road, Dodgingtown and ...
Students Preparing For Photography Show At The Silo
By Eliza Hallabeck
NEW MILFORD — Newtown High School seniors Casey Rose-Kearns, Casey Hill and M...
Rep Hovey, Monroe Assessor
 At Odds
MONROE (AP) — A Connecticut lawmaker who represents one of Newtown’s voting districts and the tax a...
Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of the C...
Anticipating Larger Fire Truck—
Hawleyville Volunteers Modify Firehouse
By Andrew Gorosko
With the prospect of some larger buildings being construc...
Bald Eagles
Soar Over Zoar
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By Kendra Bobowick
Odd sounds and a winter’s view through bare trees recently held a surprise for Sandy Hook resident...
Dennis Ceccarelli
Former Newtown Businessman
Dennis Ceccarelli, 63, died January 2, in South Carolina, with his family at his side. He was the former owner...
Our Mutual Interests
With the inauguration Wednesday of Connecticut’s new Democratic governor, Dan Malloy, legislators and local officials staked ou...
I was an employee at the same time Keat's was working for Grand Union at the Valley Stream store on Long Island remember him vividly after all of these years.
The only time the word "fail" is found on this entire page is from your post. Newtown used to be a Blue Ribbon school district; it hasn't been for some time. For many of us who expect excellence in our Town's public school system the current performance levels are underwhelming, which is exactly what Mr. Higgins points out. It would be wonderful if you could specifically tell us where in this letter Mr. Higgins is "tearing down" the school system. You sir, seem to be employing typical Democratic Party tactics by twisting the words of anyone who isn't in your party to craft your own narrative. Voters beware.
Mr Higgins seems to be joining other Republicans in claiming Newtown Schools are failing. . I challenge that perspective, Our High School is rated in the top 5% nationwide, and our system in the top 20% of schools in CT, which is rated the 4th best statewide system.
Criticizing our schools has become the essences of this years Republican campaign. We should always strive to improve our schools, but tearing them down is not the way to do this. Reader beware.
As an independent I applaud [Barney] for being unaffiliated. However that is not the case in this election. Running on the Republican Line makes him beholden to the Party he is running for. He is not unaffiliated in his actions,. This time around he has signed onto a major parties agenda. like it or not. If he bucks the party next election he'll be out.
