UPDATE (Sunday, August 9, 2020): This story has been update to reflect who responded to the August 8 incident in Pootatuck Park .
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My granddaughter, Maya, graduated from Mount Holyoke College this May, without a celebration with a rejoicing band of colleagues; they all were s...
Even with heavy renovations currently underway, the phrase “what’s old is new again” does not do justice to the amazing renovations that are breathing new life ...
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First Selectman Dan Rosenthal was very clear in his latest post-Tropical Storm Isaias CodeRED message: the utility charged with providing electricity to Newtown...
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
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Two Coyotes Wilderness School is ready for fall.
Executive Director Maggie Gotterer recently shared that fall registration opened on July 18 and registering by ...
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In his August 9 CodeRED message to residents, Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal offered an update on roads and power restoration efforts and praised the wor...
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.