Now On View
*Wooden Wildlife: In the display case near the children’s department, Newtown residents Carol and Wayne Smith have assembled recent...
Financial Award Will Help YMCA Continue Literacy Programs
DANBURY — MasterCard International has awarded $10,000 to the Regional YMCA of Western Con...
The Chamber Members Sit Down To Breakfast
And Consider Edmond Town Hall’s Future
By Kendra Bobowick
Silverware tinkling against porcelain teacups ec...
Newtown
Support Groups
Friday, March 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.
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Area Homeschoolers Study Colonial Life
By Nancy K. Crevier
As part of an integrated program combining history, reading, and math, homeschooled students from the...
Above And Beyond
To the Editor:
So often I hear negative stories about the selling or buying of a house. I just did both and wanted to take a moment to sing the...
‘The Spirituality Of Aging’ At Next Lunch & Learn
The next Lunch and Learn program at Lockwood Lodge at Ashlar of Newtown will be on Tue...
The Key To The Stony Hill Inn’s Long Success:
Good Food, Good Value
The Stony Hill Inn on Route 6 in Bethel has long been a popular destination, and...
Police Use Dog To Track Man Near Little Brook Lane
While on patrol about 4:45 pm February 24, police said they came across an unoccupied, suspicious vehicle par...
NYS will present
“A Night of Tastes and Talents
” at The Fireside Inn on Saturday, March 18, from 7 to 11 pm. Dinner, dancing...
Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Friday In Honor Of Former US Senator Joseph LiebermanGovernor Ned Lamont is directing US and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow as a mark of solemn respect for the memory and longstanding service of former US Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday. HARTFORD — Governor Ned Lamont today announced that as a mark of solemn respect for the memory and longstanding service of former US Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday, March 27, he is directing US and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of the former senator’s funeral, which has been scheduled for Friday, March 29.Accordingly, since no flag should fly higher than the US flag, all other flags, including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise, should also be lowered during this same duration of time.The funeral service will be held at Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford.Lieberman, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later, died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, according to a statement issued by his family. He was 82.Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, have four children.
They have their hands in all their 'neighbors' wallets.