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Three barns that are part of the RedGate Farm came together for a fun and friendly Holiday Decorating Contest that took place on Saturday, December 19.

For their annual fundraiser, Town Players of Newtown hosted a live Zoom performance last weekend of a gritty one-act murder mystery following by a holiday sing-along.

The Yale Cabaret may have been founded during the “Summer of Love” in 1968, but it took 2020 and a summer of pandemic proportions to drive the venerable Yale Cabaret from stage to screen as former Newtown resident Nicole Lang helped steer the organization through this uncharted theatrical conversion.

This week, meet the general manager of Christmas.

St Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church introduced a new Christmas event this week.

Newtown, from a cat's point of view.

Three of Santa's elves were allowed to reach out to local children this holiday season, thanks to a special arrangement between Newtown Youth & Family Services and the North Pole.

It is absolutely fine — completely understandable, in fact — if someone does not feel all bright and bubbly just because it is the holiday season, says Jeff Belanger.