Crime statistics indicate a marked increase in the local number of vehicle-related crimes in 2018, compared to 2017, including vehicle theft, and especially the theft of items from within vehicles.

Newtown’s first Community Organization Summit kicked off at the Municipal Center on February 1 gathering various community members and workers together to discuss how to better collaborate to make Newtown an even nicer community in which to live, work, operate a business, raise a family, and retire.

Flags across the country will be lowered from sunset Friday, February 8, through sunset Saturday, February 9, in honor of former US Representative John Dingell, Jr, the longest-serving member of Congress in this country's history, who died at his home on February 7.

Fire reports for Newtown, Conn., for the period of January 31-February 7, 2019.

Following a February 6 public hearing, Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) members unanimously approved a site at 26 Hawleyville Road (State Route 25) as a suitable location for a proposed gas station.

BRIDGEPORT— Lawyers for Alex Jones, host of the controversial internet-based Infowars program, have asked a Connecticut Superior Court judge to move to another part of the state two pending defamation lawsuits against Jones in connection with Jones’ portrayal of the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting incident as a hoax.

During its regular meeting February 4, the Board of Selectmen learned that Town Finance Director Robert Tait has finalized plans for offering bonds for sale and a planned refunding of bonds that he said would generate nearly a quarter million dollars in interest savings.

After making the position known to current town staff members, Newtown’s Human Resources Department has opened an application period for a newly-created position that will oversee the Social Services, Senior Services, and some duties currently handled by the Center for Support and Wellness (CSW).

The Board of Selectmen completed its work on the municipal side of the 2019-20 budget request February 4 and moved it to the Board of Finance after making several late adjustments.