Special absentee voting hours will be held November 3, from 9 am to noon.

Let it not be said that Newtown candidates went all the way to Election Day without at least one controversial bump in the road.

As more than three dozen supporters of a municipal plastic bag ban flooded into a Legislative Council Ordinance Committee meeting, scheduled in one of the small conference rooms at the Municipal Center, October 18, Chairman Ryan Knapp opted to simply move the meeting out into the adjacent hallway.

The November midterm elections are almost here, and on November 6, local voters are being called to the polls to not only endorse the candidates of choice, but to weigh in on one local and two statewide ballot questions.

A week after the Junior Newtown Action Alliance hosted a “Roundtable Discussion on Gun Violence” at C.H. Booth Library on October 23, it worked with Newtown Action Alliance to organize an October 30 vigil for gun violence victims of a shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh three days earlier.

In ceremonies held at Newtown High School, the Newtown Police Department bestowed awards on its officers for their public service to the community.

Newtown Police Officer Maryhelen McCarthy has received a community service award from the Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut.

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communication Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders for the period October 24 to 31, 2018.