Melody Asbury of Woodbury will demonstrate painting an animal in oil at the next meeting of the Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN). The program will beg...
Drug Possession
Police said they responded to a report of a problem at the C.H. Booth Library grounds at 25 Main Street about 8:55 pm on June 6.
Police sai...
Works of art by three Middle Gate Elementary School students were chosen to be part of an auction at the Thursday, June 8, Ben's Bells Connecticut's annual Cele...
June 12, 1992
If a teacher marks his own success by the successes of his students, Joe Grasso can call himself a master. Any doubts he may have had about h...
The Pootatuck Watershed Association (PWA) will be hosting a volunteer event on Saturday, June 17 (rain date June 24), from 9 am to 2 pm, placing "No Dumping, Dr...
The Advisory Council to the Community Center announces two presentations, open to the public, to provide up-to-date information regarding the progress of the co...
In mid-May, the Newtown Board of Ethics closed out several months of work crafting new and updated procedures and documents to help local residents both underst...
Olga Myra Fear, 90, formerly of Newtown, died peacefully on the morning of May 23, in Wallingford. Born in Gorseinon, Wales, on January 22, 1927, she grew up in...
A Tampa, Fla., resident pleaded guilty on June 7 before US District Judge James I. Cohn and was sentenced to a prison term for threatening the father of a first...
Newtown High School graduating seniors Simran Chand and Jordan Solomon Klein - the Class of 2017 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively - both recently sh...
Penny,
Thank you for sharing Jack's and your life story. We were moved,Jack was an exceptional person.
Lots of love to you and your wonderful family.
Pat and Julie D'Onofrio
Thank you! BOE budget items lurk in the shadows. Many programs we fund are often dreamed up by the State and pushed down to the districts to implement.
Schools could be consolidated here as enrollment decreases. And some 'luxury' programs should be trimmed. Downsizing administrators and support staff should be considered as well. And a 'few hundred' dollars on top of inflation is a bridge too far.