Members of the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, got into the holiday spirit and lit up the night with their ambulance decorated bumper to bumper in Christmas lights on December 2. The vehicle stoppe...

Along with electing its new officers, the Board of Education heard an update on the Newtown High School auditorium renovation project at its meeting on December 5.New Board Officers NHS Auditorium ...

Heading in to the second weekend of December 2017, Newtown is facing the first possibility of measurable snow this season. We may not receive the kind of snow that Blizzard Stella brought in March (ab...

A significant tract of open space has been preserved in Sandy Hook. Newtown Forest Association (NFA) recently received the deed to 73 acres known locally as Snake Rock Farm, located at 109 Berkshire R...

Found Backpack Police are looking for the owner of a found backpack containing several dolls that was located near the intersection of Mt Nebo Road and Fieldstone Drive on December 5. The owner i...

As the C.H. Booth Library continues its pursuit for a new library director, its Board of Trustees has now called in reinforcements to help in the search. According to C.H. Booth Library Board of Trust...

Tucked away in the woods of Riverside Road, just behind the Newtown Underwater Search and Rescue building, are 5.33 acres of land dedicated to where the upcoming Sandy Hook permanent memorial will res...

HARTFORD- Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced December 6 that he is directing U.S. and State of Connecticut flags to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, December 7, 2017, in r...

Workers are expected by December 1 to assemble all the steel racking required to hold the town's planned solar/electric array at the closed municipal landfill off Ethan Allen Road, according to the su...

Residents are being sought to fill several opening on local appointed boards and commissions. In some cases the appointments are required to be affiliated with a specific political party, while in oth...