Jean (Pearlman) Elias, 93, of Newtown, gently passed away on Monday, November 30, at her residence at Maplewood at Newtown in Newtown. She was the beloved wife ...
The Resiliency Center of Newtown will be open on Monday, December 14, for anyone who needs additional support or is looking for a quiet place to reflect on the ...
Election Day Collision
Kimberly J. Lynch, 49, of Sandy Hook, was traveling south on Trades Lane around 5:53 am, Tuesday, November 3, approaching a blinking...
Friends of Newtown Seniors (FONS) has a solution to help support seniors live independently with dignity, according to FONS Chore Services Lead Bev Bennett-Scha...
For Newtown residents, managing their diabetes during the pandemic has ranged from navigating the challenges of using new technology with only telehealth suppor...
Hannah Y. Cyr, 18, unexpectedly passed away on Tuesday, December 1 in West Greenwich, R.I. On April 2, 2002, in Danbury this world became a brighter place when ...
Occupation: I’ve been a Realtor at Coldwell Banker Realty in Newtown for three years now. It’s been a very exciting and rewarding journey. I have a backgrou...
State Reps Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) and JP Sredzinski (R-112) along with their Republican colleagues called on the General Assembly December 7 to act on a targete...
Peg Hogenauer, 95 years young, passed away on December 4. She was born on July 31, 1925, to the late Francis and Elizabeth (Fitzmaurice) Scholan in Waterbury.
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To the Editor:
I refuse to be silent anymore: Our Board of Education is failing our children.
The Newtown teachers are fantastic. They consistently go the extra...
Rejecting or approving town budgets has nothing to do with 'smart' growth. These budgets are expected to grow appropriately as cost of services increases.
The status quo is clearly not appealing to voters who rejected the school budget at first and only narrowly approved the town's budget. Smart growth is the name of the game here. That would be growth that respects our past, retains and ensures our vibrancy, and simultaneously widens our tax base.
The Newtown Conservation Coalition is basically a NIMBY snake oil salesman. They jump from cause to cause with the sole goal of making sure nothing changes. It is only a matter of time before they lower their threshold, get to acres, and want an accessory building, not in "their" town. They will bust out a new poster of a bulldozer tramping over a "historic" stone wall and protest in front of any town meeting.