Residents are called to a special town meeting scheduled for 7 pm, February 26 in the Newtown Municipal Center’s main council chambers to approve or deny a special appropriation of $2.8 million for th...

Just two days after making a case based on Newtown’s adherence to new financial management policies and evidence that new commercial development will be supplementing the community’s grand list in the...

The Legislative Council is in the preliminary stages of initiating a new charter review process. Council Chair Mary Ann Jacob reported to her colleagues February 19 that she is issuing a letter to all...

State police report they responded to Garner Correctional Institution, the state’s high-security prison at 50 Nunnawauk Road, about 11:10 am on February 11, after receiving a complaint that an inmate ...

Freightliner Accident Trucker David Widener, 52, of Mt Pleasant, Penn., was driving a 2008 Freightliner tuck on westbound Interstate 84, near the Exit 9 interchange, when he drove off the left si...

First Selectman Pat Llodra is seeking residents to fill several opening on local appointed boards and commissions. In some cases the appointments are required to be affiliated with a specific politica...

The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following fire calls and the responders: Friday, February 7: 7:06 am, motor vehi...

The Police Commission has formed a subcommittee to pursue creating a new police station to better meet the space needs of the 45-member police department. Police Commission members at a February 4 ses...