On July 15, the Board of Selectmen voted to endorse a $575,000 bonding appropriation that will be used to acquire a new four-seat fire tanker that will be stationed at the Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company headquarters on Hawleyville Road.

Workers this week began preliminary tasks in the town’s sidewalk expansion project, which will create safe pedestrian passage between the town center and the Fairfield Hills core campus when completed. Through sidewalk construction, the town seeks to encourage safe travel by foot.

Rob Sibley, town deputy planning director, has been named to also serve as the borough’s zoning enforcement officer (BZEO), a position in which he will enforce the borough’s zoning regulations.

The Newtown Health District has authorized reopening Eichler's Cove for swimming on July 21.

The immediate support of neighbors, friends, clients, and even strangers has both overwhelmed and helped the family who lived at and operated their business out of the barn at Long Meadow Horse Farm for more than a decade. The barn and their home were destroyed by an early morning fire on July 11.

Calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps for the period of July 3-18, 2019.

Newtown’s Republican and Democratic Town Committees held endorsement caucuses Thursday, July 18, and selected their slates of endorsed incumbents seeking reelection and newcomers hoping to make their mark through community service on various boards and commissions.

Nearly 200 residents members gathered Friday, July 19, to see officials and volunteers involved in the Newtown Community Center and Senior Center cut the red ribbon, officially opening the doors at 8 Simpson Street.

With the National Weather Service (NWS) issuing a Heat Advisory across Connecticut for the remainder of today, and an Excessive Heat Warning for the entire state going into effect for July 20-21, the American Red Cross has also issued information on staying safe during high temperatures.