The dispatchers stationed at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, in the upper level of Town Hall South at 3 Main Street, report these fire calls and the responders:Thursday, May 31: 8:30 am, ...

While dozens of town and contract workers using heavy equipment began the challenging chore of detangling and removing hundreds of trees felled in a devastating May 15 storm from the hard-hit Lakeview...

On the evening of Monday, June 4, Bridgeport police pursued a vehicle from Bridgeport into Monroe and then into Newtown in seeking to stop a driver for reported illegal firearms possession, according ...

The people wearing orange and walking through Newtown on June 2 held messages for National Gun Violence Awareness Day. One sign shared the message, "I walk for life." Another read, "Enough! Stop gun v...

Looking back on the 2018 legislative session, Newtown's 106th District State Representative Mitch Bolinsky had mixed emotions. While he was pleased about a relative windfall he helped deliver to the t...

In October 2016, the Newtown Parent Connection (NPC) held a public forum at Edmond Town Hall on the growing opioid epidemic. At the time, NPC founder Dorrie Carolan was happy to see a significant turn...

The Newtown High School Class of 2018 valedictorian and salutatorian both grew up in Newtown, and they shared reflections on their schooling after their educational accomplishment was announced at the...

Temperate weather drew a spirited multi-generational crowd of about 100 to Newtown's VFW Post 308 Memorial Day ceremonies, May 28, as veterans, elected officials, and civilians alike gathered to pay t...

First Selectman Dan Rosenthal has announced that Public Works and contract crews will begin curbside pickup and removal of storm generated debris on Monday, June 4, in several specific areas of town s...

A group of Newtown police officers, among many others, attended solemn ceremonies on Thursday, May 24, at the Connecticut Police Memorial in Meriden, where the late Stephen A. Ketchum, who had served ...