Newtown’s State Rep Mitch Bolinsky remembers vividly the day when one of his high school chums was killed by a drunk driver. “I won’t call it an accident because it wasn’t an accident,” Rep Bolinsky t...

The new FunSpace II, Dickinson Memorial Park Playground is now open, but with some sections that still need work. Anthony and Julian Bello chased through wooden ramps and tunnels, slipped down slides,...

Twenty-five Chinese students between the ages of 12 and 17 arrived in Newtown, Friday, July 25, for a three-week stay with host families in the area. The students are with Educational Homestay Program...

The Newtown Police Department has released the name of a missing individual they have been actively searching for since earlier Monday. And officials are seeking the community's help finding the missi...

Bird habitat is dwindling, according to the Connecticut Audubon Society, and locally, town and private officials are aware of the need for its protection. “Reclaiming existing fields and meadows for t...

A new flagpole is up, the driveway is in, new pavers are on order, and both interior and exterior work at Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Association’s new garage are nearly complete. Clerk of the Works B...

A local development firm wants to construct an approximately 30,000-square-foot mixed-use building at the current site of Woodbury Hall at Fairfield Hills, which would include a combination of retail ...

Following discussion at an August 5 Police Commission session, commission members told a two-member town study panel that they do not want the town’s radio dispatching for emergency 911, police, fire,...