Town, state, and federal offices will be among the entities closed on Monday, October 8, in observance of Columbus Day.

Troopers from Troop L-Litchfield are currently investigating several larcenies which are believed to be related.

Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced October 5 that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, October 7 and Monday, October 8, for National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day and to honor Pearl Harbor victim U.S. Navy Water Tender 1st Class Stephen Pepe of Bridgeport.

Alberts Hill Road area residents are asking that the Police Commission reduce the number of traffic signs that have been recently installed there by the state Department of Transportation. Two residents spoke on the topic at an October 2 Police Commission meeting.

The Board of Finance heard a presentation on the Board of Education’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) at its meeting on September 27.

Selectmen issue temporary permit for temporary bridge to Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation Inc. for truck traffic over Deep Brook.

Police reports covering Newtown, Conn., for the period of September 26-October 1, 2018.

Fire reports for Newtown, Conn, for the period September 27-October 3, 2018.

After his release from a Rhode Island prison, a 43-year-old man was arrested by Newtown police on multiple warrants for allegedly having committed multiple residential burglaries in Newtown in 2016.

A Shelton woman who formerly worked at EverWonder Children's Museum has been charged with one count of second-degree larceny, which is a felony, in connection with her alleged embezzlement of funds from the nonprofit organization on Pecks Lane.