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From left is Greg Brissette, Caroline Condon and Ryan Patrick, three members of Kids In Deed Organizations, or KIDOs. The students ran a fundraiser at Newbury Place in Southbury last month, continuing their ongoing efforts to raise funds for a…
From left is Greg Brissette, Caroline Condon and Ryan Patrick, three members of Kids In Deed Organizations, or KIDOs. The students ran a fundraiser at Newbury Place in Southbury last month, continuing their ongoing efforts to raise funds for a program that has, among other things, offered free grief counseling for Newtown residents since 12/14. KIDOs has a more fundraising scheduled, including an event during the Sandy Hook Tree Lighting on December 7. 

Young Adults Continue Fundraising Efforts For Healing Hearts

Published: November 30, 2013 at 12:00 am
KIDOs will be hosting their fifth fundraiser in support of Healing Hearts Center for Grieving Children and Families on Saturday, December 7. The Wishing Well Gift Shop, at 107 Church Hill Road in Sandy Hook, will make room for a little sales competition from the eighth graders, who will be offering
From left are NCCB dancers Lizzy Delp, Taegan Smith, Emma Shaeridan, Katerina Ringes with the nutcracker, Jerusha Wright, and Tallie Nikitchyuki. Newtown Center of Classical Ballet will return to Edmond Town Hall to participate in this year’s…
From left are NCCB dancers Lizzy Delp, Taegan Smith, Emma Shaeridan, Katerina Ringes with the nutcracker, Jerusha Wright, and Tallie Nikitchyuki. Newtown Center of Classical Ballet will return to Edmond Town Hall to participate in this year’s Holiday Festival, which will take place on Sunday, December 1. Additional events will be within the former town hall building, at C.H. Booth Library, and along Main Street with the addition of narrated trolley tours. The event is a fundraiser for Newtown Youth & Family Services.

NYFS Fundraiser, Sunday: 'Nutcracker' Will Take The Stage During Annual Holiday Festival

By Kendra Bobowick and Shannon Hicks
Published: November 30, 2013 at 12:00 am
Dressed in vibrant red costumes, Kylee Raiano and Julia Finegan held a playful pose while between them, Monique Dubois spun a delicate parasol. The Newtown Centre of Classical Ballet's Malenkee Ballet Repertoire Company has been in rehearsals recently, preparing for their annual performance of The
A serious contemporary piece by Dan Coffman and a light-hearted song by Phil Crevier that expresses what it means to be home for the holidays in Newtown will be featured in “Home for the Holidays,” this year’s winter…
A serious contemporary piece by Dan Coffman and a light-hearted song by Phil Crevier that expresses what it means to be home for the holidays in Newtown will be featured in “Home for the Holidays,” this year’s winter concert by Newtown Choral Society.

Diverse Works By Local Composers Part Of Choral Society Holiday Program

By Shannon Hicks
Published: November 30, 2013 at 12:00 am
For the 2013 Newtown Choral Society (NCS) winter concert, Director Mary Andreotta chose the theme of "Home for the Holidays." "I wanted to create the feeling of comfort, familiarity, and pride of being home in Newtown for the holidays,, for the choir and for our audience," said Ms Andreotta,

Applicants For Senior Tax Relief Will Likely Face Asset Affidavit

By John Voket
Published: November 30, 2013 at 12:00 am
Beginning with the next application period, local seniors applying for town tax relief will likely be asked to sign an asset affidavit. The decision was made following a brief question-and-answer session with Tax Collector Carol Mahoney and Finance Director Robert Tait during the the November 25 Boa
From left is Greg Brissette, Caroline Condon and Ryan Patrick, three members of Kids In Deed Organizations, or KIDOs. The students ran a fundraiser at Newbury Place in Southbury last month, continuing their ongoing efforts to raise funds for a…
From left is Greg Brissette, Caroline Condon and Ryan Patrick, three members of Kids In Deed Organizations, or KIDOs. The students ran a fundraiser at Newbury Place in Southbury last month, continuing their ongoing efforts to raise funds for a program that has, among other things, offered free grief counseling for Newtown residents since 12/14. KIDOs has a more fundraising scheduled, including an event during the Sandy Hook Tree Lighting on December 7. 

Young Adults Continue Fundraising Efforts For Healing Hearts

Published: November 30, 2013 at 12:00 am
KIDOs will be hosting their fifth fundraiser in support of Healing Hearts Center for Grieving Children and Families on Saturday, December 7. The Wishing Well Gift Shop, at 107 Church Hill Road in Sandy Hook, will make room for a little sales competition from the eighth graders, who will be offering
From left are NCCB dancers Lizzy Delp, Taegan Smith, Emma Shaeridan, Katerina Ringes with the nutcracker, Jerusha Wright, and Tallie Nikitchyuki. Newtown Center of Classical Ballet will return to Edmond Town Hall to participate in this year’s…
From left are NCCB dancers Lizzy Delp, Taegan Smith, Emma Shaeridan, Katerina Ringes with the nutcracker, Jerusha Wright, and Tallie Nikitchyuki. Newtown Center of Classical Ballet will return to Edmond Town Hall to participate in this year’s Holiday Festival, which will take place on Sunday, December 1. Additional events will be within the former town hall building, at C.H. Booth Library, and along Main Street with the addition of narrated trolley tours. The event is a fundraiser for Newtown Youth & Family Services.

NYFS Fundraiser, Sunday: 'Nutcracker' Will Take The Stage During Annual Holiday Festival

By Kendra Bobowick and Shannon Hicks
Published: November 30, 2013 at 12:00 am
Dressed in vibrant red costumes, Kylee Raiano and Julia Finegan held a playful pose while between them, Monique Dubois spun a delicate parasol. The Newtown Centre of Classical Ballet's Malenkee Ballet Repertoire Company has been in rehearsals recently, preparing for their annual performance of The
A serious contemporary piece by Dan Coffman and a light-hearted song by Phil Crevier that expresses what it means to be home for the holidays in Newtown will be featured in “Home for the Holidays,” this year’s winter…
A serious contemporary piece by Dan Coffman and a light-hearted song by Phil Crevier that expresses what it means to be home for the holidays in Newtown will be featured in “Home for the Holidays,” this year’s winter concert by Newtown Choral Society.

Diverse Works By Local Composers Part Of Choral Society Holiday Program

By Shannon Hicks
Published: November 30, 2013 at 12:00 am
For the 2013 Newtown Choral Society (NCS) winter concert, Director Mary Andreotta chose the theme of "Home for the Holidays." "I wanted to create the feeling of comfort, familiarity, and pride of being home in Newtown for the holidays,, for the choir and for our audience," said Ms Andreotta,

Applicants For Senior Tax Relief Will Likely Face Asset Affidavit

By John Voket
Published: November 30, 2013 at 12:00 am
Beginning with the next application period, local seniors applying for town tax relief will likely be asked to sign an asset affidavit. The decision was made following a brief question-and-answer session with Tax Collector Carol Mahoney and Finance Director Robert Tait during the the November 25 Boa
Newtown Lions Club continued its tradition of kicking off the Salvation Army bell ringing program with a donation to the local service unit on November 26. From left is Glen Nanavaty, president of the Newtown-Bethel Service Unit of the Salvation…
Newtown Lions Club continued its tradition of kicking off the Salvation Army bell ringing program with a donation to the local service unit on November 26. From left is Glen Nanavaty, president of the Newtown-Bethel Service Unit of the Salvation Army; Lions Club members Steve Bennett and Dick Sturdevant; Social Services Director Ann Piccini and case manager/administrative assistant Ann Benore; and Anna Wiedemann, with her grandson Kellen Vollinger. Mrs Wiedemann and Mr Bennett coordinate the volunteers who do the bell ringing for Salvation Army.

Volunteer Bell Ringers Sought: Lions Club Kicks Off Salvation Army Bell Ringing Campaign

Published: November 29, 2013 at 12:00 am
The Newtown Service Unit of the Salvation Army will be holding its annual bell ringing fundraising program on Fridays, December 6 and 13, from 4 to 8 pm, and Saturdays, December 7 and 14, from 9 am until 4 pm. Volunteers are needed to tend the familiar red kettles and "ring the bells" for Newtown
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Sandy Hook Village, CT Main Street Marketing Program Starts December 7

By John Voket
Published: November 29, 2013 at 12:00 am
Nearly a year after Sandy Hook tragically lost one of its biggest commercial traffic generators with the closing of Sandy Hook School, property owners, economic development officials and members of the Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP) are about to launch a marketing initiative with hope

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