Local volunteer firefighters responded twice on the morning of Monday, November 11, to reports of a mulch fire on a lot off Button Shop Road in Botsford, where an earth materials firm processes the chopped wood substance.

Taxpayers interested in how their money has been — and may continue to be — invested in Fairfield Hills are encouraged to come out Monday, November 18, for the second in a series of community information forums being presented by First Selectman Dan Rosenthal.

Eversource will be conducting aerial inspections of high-voltage electrical equipment on rights of way throughout Connecticut.

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

Newtown Middle School teacher Susan Lang and military veteran Joseph Borst were honored with the Community Americanism Award by the American Legion Post 202 on Veterans Day, November 11.

Attorney General William Tong and Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull on November 13 warned Eversource consumers that scammers may have gained access to customer account numbers and have been using this information in attempts to defraud consumers.

Children's bikes are available for guests to borrow while visiting the Fairfield Hills campus.

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A group of Toddy Hill Road residents concerned about traffic safety on that heavily used north-south street heard at a Tuesday, November 5, Police Commission meeting that a range of improvements planned for that road by the town are underway. The Police Commission is also the local Traffic Authority.

Police reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of October 28-November 6, 2019.