Newtown Police received a call for help about 10:15 pm on Friday, July 5, from a woman who was driving a vehicle on Interstate 84 reporting that her male passenger had overdosed on heroin and that she had also overdosed on the drug.

Since Newtown still has a number of bonds outstanding that were originally rated by Moody’s Investors Service, the town still receives an annual “issuer comment” statement from the agency, which this year contained some pertinent information regarding the municipal fund balance and debt service.

Newtown resident Sean Fitzpatrick is a classic example of someone who saw a specific need in his own community — that on any given day, as much as 30 percent of Newtown’s households are experiencing food insecurity.

You might say that the correctional career of Amonda Hannah has come full circle. Twenty-five years ago, in August 1994, in her first post with the state Department of Correction (DOC), Ms Hannah worked as a correctional counselor at Garner Correctional Institution, the state’s high-security prison for men at 50 Nunnawauk Road. She worked in that position until 2001, when she became a correctional counselor at the much larger Cheshire Correctional Institution.

Library Director welcomes residents to Listening Sessions, hoping to hear their thoughts about the CH Booth Library.

Police reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of June 25-30, 2019.

Fire reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of June 27-July 3, 2019.

Ambulance reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of June 27-July 3, 2019.

The number seven is universally considered a “lucky number,” and it certainly had special meaning for Newtown resident and State Representative Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) in 2019.

A growing number of Connecticut residents appear to be reporting sickness due to consuming Mexican grown papaya that health officials say is tainted with salmonella.