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A long-awaited $17.7-million state Department of Transportation (DOT) project, which will reconfigure Interstate 84’s two existing ramps at Exit 11, add a new on-ramp, and widen and generally improve adjacent state roadways to alleviate chronic traffic congestion in that area, has been delayed.

Fire reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of December 12-18, 2019.

Calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps for the period of December 12-19, 2019.

Police reports for Newtown,Conn. for the period covering December 1-17, 2019.

The Board of Selectmen has authorized Town Planning Director George Benson to request a Borough of Newtown zoning change that would expand the variety of potential tenants that could utilize office rental space opening up in the coming weeks at Edmond Town Hall.

State Reps Mitch Bolinsky (R-106), JP Sredzinski (R-112), and State Senator Tony Hwang (R-28) have voted to support an agreement between Connecticut hospitals and the state settling a nearly five-year-old lawsuit that threatened to expose the state to a roughly $4 billion liability.

Through the generosity of residents, The Newtown Fund Inc, a nonprofit group, was able to spread holiday cheer to 62 local families in need on Saturday, December 14, providing both Christmas gifts and practical items that will brighten the holiday season and make life simpler for recipients.

Welcoming invited members of the Boards of Selectmen, Education, and Finance to the December 18 Legislative Council meeting, Chairman Paul Lundquist kicked off a “pre-budget budget conversation,” which also included some remarks from 2nd District State Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan.

The US Attorney’s Office for the State of Connecticut reached settlement agreements with the Market Place Kitchen & Bar of 32 Church Hill Road and with its landlord, Mesa Contractors, December 17, to resolve allegations that the restaurant and its premises did not comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).