On a recent sunny day, several workers were busy renovating the interior of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company's newly expanded fire substation at 249 Berkshire Road (State Route 34). The ...

Members of Women Involved in Newtown spent a few hours on March 18 working on one of the club's annual projects: filling baskets with treats for children whose parents might need a hand making sure th...

Standing in front of the familiar dome of the Connecticut State Capitol, holding a sheaf of paperwork, Newtown's 106th District incumbent State Representative Mitch Bolinsky announced via a Facebook p...

At about 3:30 pm on Wednesday, March 23, someone forcibly entered two locked vehicles that were parked along DG Beers Boulevard near Newtown Municipal Center at Fairfield Hills and stole a purse from ...

Matt Maxwell and Bill Stevens both call Newtown their home, but they have a couple of other things in common. Both Republicans have announced intentions to challenge incumbent US Congresswoman Elizabe...

During a Legislative Council meeting March 23, Finance Director Robert Tait announced a recent budgetary windfall that, if applied, could reduce next year's currently proposed tax increase to 1.89 per...

More than two dozen local residents, including several Sandy Hook Elementary School parents and a few educators who were witness to the tragedy of 12/14, took turns at the microphone during a public b...

Three Vehicle Chain Reaction Three vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction accident on eastbound Interstate 84, about one-quarter mile west of Exit 11, at about 5:20 pm on March 17, state poli...

Newtowners voters will have an especially busy April with qualified individuals being called to the polls to cast ballots on spending for a new community center, as well as on the proposed town and sc...