MONROE — The section of Route 34 located on a bridge positioned atop the hydroelectric Stevenson Dam will be closed to traffic for an extended period to allow for maintenance on the dam’s floodgates. ...

Charter Revision Commission Chairman Jeff Capeci will consider it a success if a planned public hearing on the current revision — which includes a proposal to eliminate town meetings — will draw more ...

Next Tuesday’s “topping off” ceremony, where the final steel construction beam at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School is signed by the entire construction team and hoisted into place, will mark a sig...

The Board of Education decided unanimously during its special meeting on Wednesday, June 24, that Hawley Elementary School will not be closed for the 2016-17 school year, and the board will continue a...

DUI Incident Police report that at about 6 pm on June 22, they received a report that a motorist who was driving a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV in a commercial parking lot on Queen Street, had ba...

An intense, swiftly moving thunderstorm bearing high winds struck Newtown late Tuesday afternoon, dropping trees across town, some of which brought down electric lines as they fell, causing approximat...

This story was amended to update information provided by NAA earlier today. Approximately 25 to 30 people, mainly members of Newtown Action Alliance (NAA) and The Newtown Foundation (TNF), gather...