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SUV Hits Utility Pole, Cuts Power In Botsford

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: September 18, 2014 12:00 am
A one-vehicle accident early on the morning of Saturday, September 13, caused a more than three-hour power outage, which affected about 400 Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P) electric customers ...

Fire Reports | September 11-14, 2014

Published: September 18, 2014 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, September 11: 8:23 am, public ...

Defective Smoke & CO Alarms Recalled

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: September 18, 2014 12:00 am
The town fire marshal is warning that a popular brand of residential smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors is having a major recall of the safety devices, recalling 1.3 million units which the fi...

Police Reports | August 29-September 16, 2014

Published: September 18, 2014 12:00 am
Assault Police received a complaint about noon on September 15 in which a female told them that she was running on Dinglebrook Lane that day, near the Brookfield town line, when a passing southbo...

Selectmen Learn Town Pension Is 'In Good Health'

By John Voket
Published: September 18, 2014 12:00 am
Following a brief update to the Board of Selectmen by the Town’s Pension Committee and representatives from Westport Resources, which administers the fund, Finance Director Robert Tait pronounced the ...

Newtown Foundation Seeking Support For December Vigil

Published: September 17, 2014 12:00 am
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, December 11, a service of mourning and loving remembrance for all who have fallen victim to the ongoing epidemic of gun violence will take place at the National Cathedr...

Ben's Lighthouse Beacon Beckons Local Woman To Come Full Circle

By Nancy K. Crevier
Published: September 15, 2014 12:00 am
Kelly Paredes is settling not only into her new position as program manager of Ben’s Lighthouse, but resettling into the community she once called home, graduating from Newtown High School in 1998. Al...

Dedication Ceremony Kicks Off Memorial Sidewalk Project

By Nancy K. Crevier
Published: September 13, 2014 12:00 am
Victoria Boshell pushed her 20-month-old daughter, Emma, in a bright pink carriage up Church Hill Road near Main Street, Wednesday morning, September 10, as traffic whizzed past. “We live on Academy L...

Wetlands Panel Opens Public Hearing On Cluster Development

By Eliza Hallabeck
Published: September 12, 2014 12:00 am
The Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) convened its hearing on a proposed 23-lot cluster-style residential subdivision in Dodgingtown on Wednesday evening, September 10. About 40 people attended to comm...

BOS, BOF Approve Demolition Of Hawleyville Fire Scene

By John Voket
Published: September 12, 2014 12:00 am
Newtown taxpayers will foot the $29,000 bill to demolish what is left of a burned-out home, and to clean up the now abandoned and blighted property at 31 Great Hill Road in Hawleyville. The remains of...