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Between Sunday and late Wednesday, Newtown Health District saw local COVID-19 cases jump from one to 13 with many more expected, eliciting even stronger reminders from the first selectman and Health District to the governor about maintaining appropriate social distancing.

Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert told

After lengthy discussion on March 11 about proposed steps to be taken to protect wetlands and watercourses at a 3.07-acre site at 32 Berkshire Road, where a local developer proposes the construction of a 14,000-square-foot retail center, Inland Wetlands Commission members continued a public hearing so that members could review additional technical information from the developer.

Following discussion and review of an aquifer protection report submitted as part of a proposal to build a 14,000-square-foot retail building at 32 Berkshire Road, Aquifer Protection Agency members decided on March 11 that because the hydrogeological report does not contain certain required technical information, they cannot endorse the report to the Planning and Zoning Commission.

The number of positive coronavirus cases in Newtown increased from one to five as of Tuesday, March 24, according to Health District Director Donna Culbert. Read the latest on state and local developments now.

The Town of Newtown transfer station is open for business, with very few changes.

Learn what Newtown officials are doing to try and support local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how Governor Ned Lamont's latest Executive Order defines what are deemed 'essential' businesses and nonprofits under Connecticut's 'Stay Safe, Stay Home' directive.