Local Butcher, Baker Savoring Statewide Specialty Food Honors
By John Voket
Some may say that Newtown business owners Steve Ford and Pamela Ahtchi have great ta...
Nighthawk Grapplers Compete In State Open
Newtown High School wrestlers Cory Fisher and Mac Morlock represented the Nighthawks in the State Open at New Haven A...
The following area residents enrolled at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester: Alexandra S. Caracciol...
Pine Tree Hill Road
Police said they received a report about 6:13 pm on February 27 concerning a motor vehicle accident that occurred on Pine Tree Hill Roa...
Doggone Etiquette —
You’re How Old?
By Bardi McLennan
A Word to the Dog:
How old are you? How old were you yesterday? How old will ...
2011 Valentines For Troops Effort Comes To A Close, With A Ceremony
By Eliza Hallabeck
While Valentines For Troops Project Chair Donna Monteleone Randle said th...
Henry Fitze
Loving Family Man
Henry Fitze, 88, of Sandy Hook, beloved husband of Elsie (Eisele) Fitze, died at Masonicare of Newtown, February 24. He was b...
Abraham & Isaac, In Words & Music
Fiona Smith Sutherland and Jack Gilpin will lead a special class on the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac on Sunday, March ...
Waldorf School Open House Is Saturday
The Housatonic Valley Waldorf School at 40 Dodgingtown Road, Route 302, is holding an open house this Saturday, March 5, s...
26 years ago the Newtown education system was excellent, today it is not.
No amount of money will fix that until those responsible for the destruction leave the school system.
Is it not true, that school budgets, by LAW, cannot be reduced year to year, no matter the reason? If it was 1M at 1000 students, next year at 500 students, the budget MUST be 1M?