Newtown, from a cat's point of view.

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Maintaining properties like Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve takes effort and money to keep the private properties pristine for passive public recreation. Read more about how 2020 has impacted Newtown Forest Association properties here.

For decades Newtown resident Frank Gardner has worked meticulously to craft stone walls throughout his Surrey Trail property. Now, at 81 years old, he is delighted to bask in the beauty surrounding him.

Had this been the 2020 everyone was looking forward to at midnight January 1, audiences would be gathering at The Little Theatre this weekend for performances of 12 Angry Jurors by Town Players of Newtown.

It was a breezy afternoon at the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation’s (CVHF) animal sanctuary on Old Farm Road, but that did not keep “Sunday at the Sanctuary: Mindful for Monarchs” from taking place there September 20.

Miraculously, as of September 22, Newtown's Ferguson family was allowing themselves to consider what accommodations to make in preparation for their son Liam’s return home after he suffered a late August traumatic brain injury.

A group of volunteers gathered by the bridge on Old Farm Road to prepare for clearing out invasive plants along Deep Brook and Al’s Trail on Saturday, September 19.

In recognition of World Gratitude Day,