At the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, October 19, Superintendent of Schools Joseph V. Erardi, Jr, prefaced the Facility and Enrollment Study discussion by saying that the evening's presentatio...

The Police Commission, in its role as the local traffic authority, is continuing its review of possible measures to correct a chronic traffic speed problem on Pearl Street, a residential connector roa...

With the recent retirement of police Captain Joe Rios, who has taken a job in the field of preparedness/security with the Norwalk public school system, there is a key vacancy at the Newtown Police Dep...

The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and town police have scheduled a prescription drug collection project for 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, October 22, at the police station, 3 Main Street (Rout...

After much study, planning, and volunteer labor to improve the wild trout habitat in Deep Brook and the Pootatuck River, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's (DEEP) fisheries ...

With a little more room to swing a bat or kick a ball, Newtown's athletes can soon enjoy two new field locations. "We are raising the elevation at the middle school," of an area between the ex...

The district's Future Forecast Committee is poised to present its final recommendation for further consideration - closing Newtown Middle School and reconfiguring the district due to projected continu...

After a protracted mediation process and with the clock winding down to a Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission hearing, Newtown Board of Ethics Chair Jacqueline Villa admitted to violating th...

A developer has installed a full set of traffic signals at the intersection of Church Hill Road (US Route 6) and The Boulevard, setting the stage for better-regulated traffic flow along the heavily tr...