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Jury Trial Postponed In Steroids Trafficking Prosecution

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: July 10, 2015 12:00 am
HARTFORD — Jury selection, which had been slated to start on July 14 in the federal prosecution of 11 men indicted as an alleged drug trafficking ring, has been rescheduled to October 13. Among those ...

Police Arrest Man On Five Felonies In Sex Assault Case

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: July 10, 2015 12:00 am
Police said they arrested a prison inmate on July 7 on five felony charges stemming from his allegedly having had illegal sexual contact with a female under age 18 in Newtown. Police said they went to...

Town Advertises Police Chief Opening

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: July 10, 2015 12:00 am
The town is advertising a job opening for the position of police chief in seeking a person to replace Michael Kehoe, who announced last month that he would retire as police chief in January. This week...

Ready For a Super 40th Anniversary Book Sale

Published: July 10, 2015 12:00 am
The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library are ready to welcome thousands to the 40th Anniversary Annual Book Sale, the largest book sale in New England. The sale runs Saturday, July 11, from 9 am to 5 pm,...

Fire Reports, July 2-9, 2015

Published: July 09, 2015 12:00 am
The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, July 2: 5:08 pm, alarm, 15 Chu...

Major Hawleyville Project Considered

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: July 09, 2015 12:00 am
Representatives for a local church were scheduled to meet with town land use officials on July 9 at a “pre-application meeting” to discuss aspects of the church’s major mixed-use proposal to construct...

Police Reports, June 29-July 7, 2015

Published: July 09, 2015 12:00 am
Shoplifting Incident At about 10 am on July 3, police responded to the Big Y supermarket at Newtown Shopping Village at 6 Queen Street after receiving a complaint that a shoplifting incident had ...

NYFS And NPC Receive Grant To Address Substance Abuse

Published: July 09, 2015 12:00 am
In a collaborative partnership, Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS) and Newtown Prevention Council (NPC) have been awarded a grant from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for th...

Supt. Erardi's Contract Extended

By Eliza Hallabeck
Published: July 08, 2015 12:00 am
The Board of Education voted to increase the superintendent of schools’ contracted salary by three percent and to extend his contract by one year at its special meeting on Wednesday, June 24. The deci...