The Connecticut Department of Public Health (CT DPH) Private Well Program will be at the Newtown Farmer’s Market at Fairfield Hills on Protect Your Groundwater Day, September 3, from 2 to 6 pm.

A sleepless night of channel surfing has morphed into a philanthropic project that a local specialty food vendor hopes will bring relief to water-starved Newark, New Jersey.

Newtown’s Public Building & Site Commission (PBSC) voted unanimously August 27 to authorize the new police headquarters’ construction manager to begin soliciting subcontractor bids.

The new Community Center saw its biggest crowds since opening day as vendors, instructors, and hundreds of flexible devotees descended on the 2019 Newtown Yoga Festival August 24.

A solo chair was set up on the west side of Main Street, the first to make an appearance in anticipation of the 2019 Labor Day Parade.

The unofficial end of summer will arrive on Monday, when residents enjoy a federal holiday and taken in one of Newtown’s oldest traditions.

The unofficial end of summer will arrive on Monday, when residents enjoy a federal holiday and take in one of Newtown’s oldest traditions.

Parking and travel restricstions will be in place in the center of town for a few hours on Monday, September 2, before, during and immediately following the 58th Annual Newtown Labor Day Parade.

A local developer is seeking regulatory approvals from the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) and from the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) which, if granted, would set the stage for his seeking developmental approvals from the P&Z, and possibly the Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC), to build a 10,150-square-foot retail center at a 2.86-acre site at 32 Berkshire Road (State Route 34), near the Exit 11 interchange of Interstate 84.