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Green Ribbon Ride Raised $50,000

By Kendra Bobowick
Published: May 18, 2013 12:00 am
Checks for the approximately $50,000 in funds raised during “the one and only” Sandy Hook Green Ribbon Ride fundraiser and remembrance, held on Sunday, May 5 will soon be in the mail to recipients, ac...

New Home For A Local Fire Engine

By Shannon Hicks
Published: May 17, 2013 12:00 am
After Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue’s Engine 443 was damaged last year during October’s Superstorm Sandy, the truck was taken out of service. The cab had been destroyed when a tree fell on it, and other is...

Report: Lanza Toxicology Tests Show No Drugs Or Alcohol

Published: May 17, 2013 12:00 am
According to a published report, toxicology tests indicate that Adam Lanza, 20, of Sandy Hook had no alcohol or drugs in his body when he used a semiautomatic rifle to kill 20 first-graders and six fe...

Heath Murder Case Jury Selection To Start In July

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: May 17, 2013 12:00 am
DANBURY — Jury selection in the trial of John Sherman Heath, 69, of Bridgewater, who is charged with murder in the April 1984 death of his former wife, Elizabeth Gough Heath, has been scheduled to sta...

Garbage Ignites In The Waste Transfer Station

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: May 17, 2013 12:00 am
About 30 volunteer firefighters from all five local fire companies responded to the town waste transfer station off Ethan Allen Road midday on Sunday, May 12, to extinguish a garbage fire within that ...

Memorial Commission Members Sought

Published: May 17, 2013 12:00 am
The Newtown Board of Selectmen is soliciting nominations for seven residents to serve on a Permanent Memorial Commission. The commission will provide the Board of Selectmen with recommendations on the...

Lawmakers Call For Federal Funding For New Sandy Hook School

By Nancy Crevier
Published: May 16, 2013 12:00 am
US Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty  announced in a conference call Thursday, May 16, that next week they will introduce a bill into the Senate and House o...

Finance Board, Council Cover School Security OT Costs

By John Voket
Published: May 16, 2013 12:00 am
The Board of Finance May 13 and the Legislative Council two days later, decided to delay using a budgeted fund balance allocation to offset some projected police overtime costs for school security. At...

Garner Inmate Arrested After Serious Prison Assault

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: May 16, 2013 12:00 am
State police report they responded to a serious assault in which one inmate attacked another inmate within Garner Correctional Institution, the state’s high-security prison at 50 Nunnawauk Road. State...

Police Reports May 6 - 13, 2013

Published: May 16, 2013 12:00 am
Road Rage Police report they received a complaint about 10:45 am on May 12 from a woman concerning a “road rage” incident that had occurred on Queen Street near Lovells Lane. Police said they inv...