Franca DeAngelis, 91, passed away on February 1, 2023. She was the loving wife of Giorgio DeAngelis for forty years.
Franca was born on June 29, 1931 in Lucca, ...
Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team rebounded from its first loss to a conference foe by finding the key ingredient to its recipe for success — solid de...
FAIRFIELD — Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team came from behind and pulled away for a 48-36 win at South-West Conference rival Notre Dame on January 3...
The February 8 meeting of The Genealogy Club of Newtown will feature a program on “Avoiding an Ancestor Identity Crisis” presented by Shelley Bishop. The meetin...
The Town & Country Garden Club will host Randy Walker, president of Pootatuck Watershed Association (PWA), at its next meeting.
The club will be at Newtown Seni...
Newtown High School has a new head boys’ lacrosse coach. Newtown’s own Anthony Fitti joins the Nighthawks and will take over this spring.
“I am extremely excite...
Newtown Youth Wrestling is back on top. The program, consisting of grapplers in kindergarten through eighth grade, captured Western Connecticut League champions...
Trinity Episcopal Church will begin hosting two new support groups this month.
Led by clergy and trained volunteers, both groups are open to all. They are inter...
On Saturday, February 18, Trinity Church will offer the Newtown community a Mardi Gras dinner.
Mardi Gras — French: Fat Tuesday — is a festival day typically ce...
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Wednesday, Jan...
We all know the powers that be float a high number at the voters. If they get that passed they are in hog heaven,they have plenty of fat in the original proposal.The voters will now be shamed into passing the revised budget. I say we vote it down again and see how creative they can get with the numbers.We all know plenty of fat is laced in the proposals.
I, too, love that flagpole. I approach it in the southbound lane, as Mr Gardner described, and it’s an inspiring way to start my day. In addition to all it stands for, it tells me something, whether it’s furling in the wind, or hanging quietly when weather is still, sometimes boldly majestic, sometimes sad or unsure. A gem like no other.
I know it generates angst with traffic; approached with the appropriate level of caution, it should not be such a problem. Can’t really blame the flagpole, it doesn’t move.
I hope it’s there long after I’m gone, and inspires others as well. Thank you Mr Gardner and all the other current, previous, and even future Keepers of the Flagpole.
$500,000 surplus? Funny how money just shows up when you squeeze. And where did this surplus come from? Our tax dollars, right? I say vote NO again and let's see how much more money they can find.
Very few Republicans in the House have any backbone. They are just glad to be there and would rather cave to Democrat wishes than play hardball to get things done.