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Gun Lawsuit Reinstatement Sought At State Supreme Court

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: March 10, 2017 12:00 am
HARTFORD - The families of nine people killed in the December 2012, Sandy Hook School shooting incident and one of the survivors are seeking to have the Connecticut Supreme Court reinstate their "wron...

BOF Approves, Moves 1.6 Percent Budget Increase To Council

By John Voket
Published: March 10, 2017 12:00 am
Facing more unknowns than certainty about potential state cuts in revenue - and with a wary eye on what the school superintendent called "chaos" in Hartford, Newtown's Board of Finance unanimously app...

Proposed Assisted-Living Zoning Rules Under Review

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: March 10, 2017 12:00 am
Borough Zoning Commission (BZC) members are reviewing a set of proposed zoning regulations on assisted-living facilities, which, if approved, would provide a regulatory mechanism for a developer to se...

Insurance Fraud Charge Added In Package Store Incident

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: March 10, 2017 12:00 am
DANBURY - In state Superior Court on March 2, prosecutors added an eighth charge of insurance fraud, which is a felony, to the seven criminal charges pending against the proprietor of a South Main Str...

Newtown Public Schools Closed Friday

Published: March 10, 2017 12:00 am
Newtown Public Schools will be closed Friday, March 10, due to the weather. The district made the announcement early Friday morning.

Fire Reports | March 1-8, 2017

Published: March 09, 2017 12:00 am
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Wednesday, March 1: 2:12 pm, alarm, 54 Toddy H...

Police Reports | February 28-March 7, 2017

Published: March 09, 2017 12:00 am
Four Warrants Newtown police report they charged Ian Gingell, 25, of Monroe on four warrants on the night of February 28, arresting him on four separate counts of violation of probation. Two of t...

SAC Field Signed Over For Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Site

By Alissa Silber
Published: March 09, 2017 12:00 am
The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission (SHPMC) has announced that SAC Field, the six-acre property at 28 Riverside Road, has been signed over to the town for the site of a permanent memorial to ...