Just days after the February 14 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., former Sandy Hook Elementary School library/media specialist Yvonne Cech traveled to the area to support her friend Diana Haneski, a ...

Newtown Police said February 23 they are investigating several incidents that occurred on the afternoon of February 20, during which a pair of men either passed or attempted to pass counterfeit $100 b...

C.H. Booth Library hosted a reception for local community members to meet new Library Director Douglas Lord on February 25. Mr Lord began his time at the library at the start of the month. C.H. Booth ...

The applicant for a proposed major mixed-use complex at a 35-acre site at 79 Church Hill Road is scheduled to present its request for municipal sanitary sewer service for the project at a Water & Sewe...

"It's like anything else; when you're needed, you're needed, but you hope that you're not," said Newtown Underwater Search And Rescue (NUSAR) Chief Mike McCarthy, describing the need for diving drills...

Over about four-and-a-half hours and a pair of meetings - Monday, February 26, and Wednesday, February 28 - the Board of Finance hosted a number of town department heads and representatives of...

Following a review of requested technical information at a February 28 session, Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) members unanimously approved a modified wetlands/watercourses protection permit for The...

On Tuesday, February 27, a Sandy Hook woman, whom police arrested on multiple charges stemming from a robbery the preceding day at Union Savings Bank, pleaded not guilty to all charges at her arraignm...

Newtown Public Schools will be closed Friday, March 2, due to the weather. The district made the announcement early Friday morning.