After lengthy discussion on July 21, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members unanimously approved the construction of a Tractor Supply Co. store at an 8.2-acre site in a South Main Village Design...

By anyone's definition, the new Sandy Hook Elementary School is a community showpiece; a credit to the thousands of individuals who worked to create its welcoming features; an exciting destination for...

Three Connecticut state park beaches have been closed by the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) for Wednesday, July 27, due to high bacteria levels. The swimming areas and bea...

Intense, swift-moving thunderstorms, which bore heavy rains and strong winds, passed through Newtown on the afternoon and evening of Monday, July 25, bringing down tree limbs and electric lines, resul...

Newtown police two-way radio communications, which formerly were intelligible on emergency frequency radio scanners, have been switched to full-encryption mode, in which those digital signals are elec...

A development firm is proposing the construction of 12,250-square-foot retail center, which would include a Starbucks Coffee coffeehouse with a drive-through service window, at a 3.1-acre site at 73-7...

UPDATE (July 25; 4:16 pm): From the National Weather Service: "The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fairfield, southern Middlesex, New Haven and central Westchester counties will expire at 415 ...

A report on district facilities and enrollment was delivered to the Board of Education at its meeting on Tuesday, July 19. No specific recommendations were shared at the meeting, and the board is expe...

First Selectman Pat Llodra and School Superintendent Dr Joseph V. Erardi invite Newtown residents to an open house at the newly completed Sandy Hook Elementary School, 12 Dickinson Drive, on Friday, J...

The Board of Education voted after an executive session at a special meeting on Wednesday, July 20, to appoint Daniel Cruson, Jr, to its vacant seat. Board member Kathy Hamilton's resignation was anno...