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Open Mic For Newtown Youth

Published: October 15, 2013 12:00 am
Young adult poets, jugglers, singers, comics, musicians and other entertainers are all invited to share their share your talents at Saturday Night Open Mic, an event being planned for Newtown Youth (g...

Newtown Prevention Council Hears Substance Abuse Survey Results

By Eliza Hallabeck
Published: October 14, 2013 12:00 am
Newtown Prevention Council (NPC) heard a summary last month of the 2013 Youth Survey Report by Archie Swindell of Quantitative Services. The news received during the September 19 was mixed. The survey...

NMS Elects Student Council Representatives

By Eliza Hallabeck
Published: October 11, 2013 12:00 am
Newtown Middle School students voted for the school’s 2013-14 Student Council after contenders for the different council positions gave prepared speeches on Friday, October 4. Competing for the positi...

Grasso Festival Highlights Local Marching Bands And Guards

Published: October 11, 2013 12:00 am
It was “standing room only” on Saturday, October 5, as Newtown High School hosted the 17th Annual Joseph P. Grasso Marching Band Festival, which featured nine competing bands and the 123-member Newtow...

Scarecrows To Return To Queen Street

By Eliza Hallabeck
Published: October 11, 2013 12:00 am
This year’s My Favorite Scarecrow Contest will mark the 17th year of the annual event, according to Newtown Middle School art teacher Claudia Mitchell. Each year eighth grade student groups are challe...

Glenna Orr Visits St Rose School

By Eliza Hallabeck
Published: October 10, 2013 12:00 am
St Rose of Lima School students were visited by author Glenna C. Orr on Tuesday, September 24. Ms Orr is also a reading specialist who has two masters degrees and has taught school in five states and ...

NHS Chinese Teacher Meets Holocaust Survivor

Published: October 10, 2013 12:00 am
Newtown High School Chinese teacher Xiafeng “Fosfor” Wang visited with a Holocaust survivor recently thanks to a connection between the survivor and his Newtown host Rita Frost. Mr Wang has been a par...

NICE Prepares For 2013-14 School Year Endeavors

By Eliza Hallabeck
Published: October 10, 2013 12:00 am
Students set to travel to China, France, and Spain this year through Newtown International Center for Education (NICE) programs had a chance to meet in Newtown High School’s Lecture Hall on Tuesday, S...

Students Plan A Tree Nursery At NFA Preserve

By Kendra Bobowick
Published: October 08, 2013 12:00 am
The Newtown Forest Association (NFA) is working with parent Nancy Dunn and a group of eighth grade students on a science project, the Holcombe Hill Tree Nursery, which will establish a pilot tree nurs...

Michaelmas Festival At The Housatonic Valley Waldorf School

By Alissa Silber
Published: October 03, 2013 12:00 am
Housatonic Valley Waldorf School hosted its annual Michaelmas on Friday, September 27. This year marked the school’s 20th anniversary of celebrating its play. According to the Housatonic Valley Waldor...