As recently as this week, state DOT crews have closed Interstate 84 off- or on-ramps as road work is completed. But that work may not always involve the ramp, frustrating at least one

Members of the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission (SHPMC) met via teleconference on September 10 to receive an update on the memorial project from First Selectman Dan Rosenthal and design firm SWA.

A 55-year-old man was rescued the morning of Saturday, September 19, from Upper Paugussett State Park after a hiking trip turned into a medical emergency.

Flags are being lowered across the country this weekend to memorialize United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Since it was codified a little over seven years ago, Newtown officials have utilized a local blight ordinance 12 times.

The draft Transportaion Improvement Program is being updated, and public comment is invited.

A much-anticipated surplus transfer the Newtown Board of Education hoped to make into its non-lapsing account for specific educational needs was denied at the Board of Finance meeting after a motion to effect the $1.3 million action failed September 14 on a tied bipartisan vote.

Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue told the Board of Education at its September 15 meeting that with the 2020-21 school year underway, “for the most part, things are going fairly well.”

The Legislative Council passed two budget transfers and authorized the creation of explanatory ballot materials during its in-person meeting at the Municipal Center on September 16. Council members and the public were able to join the meeting remotely by calling in.

There is plenty to read at newtownbee.com, but so much more information to be found in print.