Following a well-attended June 5 public hearing, the Legislative Council approved a ordinance that bans plastic shopping bags 8-4.

Calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps for the period of May 30-June 5, 2019.

Fire reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of May 30- June 5, 2019.

Police reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of May 28-June 4, 2019.

Members of the Newtown Police Department, as well as some staff members from Garner Correctional Institution, are scheduled to participate in the Newtown leg of the annual Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run on Friday, June 7.

Volunteer firefighters from Sandy Hook and Botsford responded Wednesday afternoon, June 5, to a report of a leaking propane tank caused by a motor vehicle accident at a residence at Lakeview Terrace Extension in Sandy Hook.

Here in Newtown — June is dog license month, and this weekend also offers a opportunity to get your lovable pooches their rabies vaccines.

The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) will conduct a public hearing on a local man’s proposal to create a Commercial Design District (CDD) overlay zone near the Exit 11 interchange of Interstate 84 in Sandy Hook.

Flags will fly at half-staff until sunset on June 4, in remembrance of Virginia Beach victims.

The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) has scheduled a public hearing on a firm’s request to install a solar/electric panel array at a healthcare facility in Sandy Hook. The hearing is slated for the P&Z’s Thursday, June 6, meeting which starts at 7:30 pm at Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.