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Intense Storms Bring Local Power Outages

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: July 08, 2014 12:00 am
Intense thunderstorms coupled with the high winds that passed through Newtown Monday night resulted in 556 local power outages being reported to the Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P) as of 9 pm...

Garner Inmates Learn Decisionmaking Skills Through Course

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: July 07, 2014 12:00 am
The art of decisionmaking, involving the use of judgment to reach suitable conclusions, is a skill that comes slowly through one’s experience amid the situations of a lifetime. A volunteer group known...

Restoring The Charm Of An Old Main Street Home

By Kendra Bobowick
Published: July 05, 2014 12:00 am
Diane Thompson was attracted to the old home’s charm. The 1899 Victorian at 54 Main Street, with its quaint front porch ideal for sitting and sipping iced tea on summer evenings, had been on the marke...

New Charter Commission To Be Led By Capeci, Hall

By John Voket
Published: July 04, 2014 12:00 am
A former Legislative Council chairman who helped direct Newtown’s last Charter Revision Commission and the individual who helped draft the original Charter in 1974 will lead the latest group of appoin...

Veterans Mural Gets New Names And Admirers

By Kendra Bobowick
Published: July 04, 2014 12:00 am
Each letter was precise. Each name inscribed at the Newtown Municipal Center honored a veteran serviceman or woman from Newtown who has served in the military in the past several decades. Another trib...

Five Vehicle Pileup Send Three To ER

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: July 03, 2014 12:00 am
Motorists going westward on Interstate 84 experienced lengthy travel delays on the afternoon of Friday, June 27, following a five-vehicle accident that occurred on the highway near the Tunnel Road ove...

Free Home Safety Checks For Newtown Seniors

Published: July 03, 2014 12:00 am
In recognition of National Safety Month, the Home Instead Senior Care office serving northern Fairfield County is offering a free home safety checks for area seniors and their families. According to t...

Fire Reports | June 26-July 1, 2014

Published: July 02, 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, June 26: 12:06 pm, motor vehic...