NHS Teacher To Be Honored This Weekend
At Annual Walk Against Domestic Violence
By Eliza Hallabeck
During the Annual Women’s Center of Greater Danb...
A Barbaric Practice Continues
To the Editor:
One week ago on Sunday morning three men arrived at our home in hunting apparel and asked me if they could track a...
Llodra Wants Open Space Funding Back In The CIP
By John Voket
Considering Newtown can realize as much as a 300 percent return on investment for every acre of la...
Newtown Democrats Release New Policy Issues
By John Voket
After working for several months to craft a package of policy issues that are embraced by local rank a...
To The Editor:
As a parent and an educator, I know firsthand what it means to value and support education. Newtown is fortunate to have Chris Lyddy standing up ...
Photojournalist And Author
To Share Stories At Library
Award-winning photographer Marc-Yves Regis will be at C.H. Booth Library on Thursday, October 7, at 7 pm...
Cody M. Cahill, son of Patricia Cahill of Sandy Hook, recently enlisted in the US Marine Corps under the Delayed Entry Program at Military Entrance Processi...
The dispatchers at the emergency communications center at Town Hall South report the following fire calls and their primary responders:
Friday, September 24...
Newtown Veteran Celebrates ‘Day Of Honor’
By Nancy K. Crevier
At 83 years of age, Newtown resident Darius Hallabeck falls just below the...
Katherine James Martens
Educator And Author
Katherine James Martens, 78, recently from Newtown and previously from Riverdale, N.Y., died September 22. She ...
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.