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Ambulance Garage Walls, Frame Going Up

By Kendra Bobowick
Published: November 08, 2013 12:00 am
Clerk of the Works Brian Feeney tightened his hard hat. He and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps member Stuart Rieve entered a construction site filled with heavy machinery, scaffolding, the beginning...

Dog Park Closer To Completion

By Kendra Bobowick
Published: November 08, 2013 12:00 am
Grass seed flew as Nelson Lopes pushed a spreader across sloping ground at the Park and Bark dog park site Wednesday, October 30. He worked with other Parks and Recreation Department crew members this...

Fire Reports October 31 - November 6, 2013

Published: November 07, 2013 12:00 am
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, October 31: 10:25 am, motor vehicle accident, near 85 Toddy Hill Road, ...

The Last Time Newtown Built A School In Sandy Hook

By Alissa Silber
Published: November 07, 2013 12:00 am
“Sandy Hook School — 1956 — Visitors Welcome.” The white sign is now iconic, having appeared in countless news video clips and photographs following 12/14. The date, 1956, was the year the school open...

Police Reports, October 27 - November 5, 2013

Published: November 07, 2013 12:00 am
DUI Charge Police said that on the evening of October 27, they responded to a report that a motorist was driving erratically on Berkshire Road, so they went to the area to seek the driver. Police...

Project On Schedule- School Board Gets SHS Update

By Eliza Hallabeck
Published: November 07, 2013 12:00 am
Representatives of Svigals + Partners, Consigli Construction, and Diversified Project Management attended the Wednesday, November 6, Board of Education meeting to update board members on the plans for...

Open-Burning Season Has Started

Published: November 07, 2013 12:00 am
Fire Marshal Bill Halstead said this week that the open-burning season has started. Residents who wish to do open burning should go to the fire marshal’s office at Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose...

Newtown Favors Incumbents In Low Turnout For Election

By John Voket, Kendra Bobowick and Andrew Gorosko
Published: November 05, 2013 12:00 am
An absence of competition for numerous elected positions, including first selectman, Board of Selectmen, Board of Finance, Police Commission and a two-year post on the Board of Education, may have con...

Veterans Mural To Be Formally Unveiled November 9

By Kendra Bobowick
Published: November 04, 2013 12:00 am
“It’s up,” said Laurie McCollum, who has been working for months to coordinate a new veteran’s mural by artist David Merrill. And, “it’s amazing,” she said. The mural is now covered and hanging at New...