Although a cold, wet, blustery day, the environmental faithful turned out on the front lawn at Newtown Middle School at Queen Street on Saturday, April 27, to celebrate Earth Day.
Occupation: I am the Parks and Recreation Director for the Town of Newtown. This is my eleventh year as director, but I became involved with the department 23 years prior. I started out as an inte...
Several dozen women adroitly tackled the task of sewing simple dresses for at-risk Third World girls at a Dress-A-Girl Sew-A-Thon on April 27, at Newtown Congregational Church, creating more than 120 colorful dresses during the event.
Occupation: I am currently an associate professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Western Connecticut State University. I’ve been there for six years, having started ...
Reed Intermediate School’s musical James and the Giant Peach Jr is set to be staged next weekend, May 3 and 4, at the school, 3 Trades Lane, and Director Twyla Hafermann says the students have been working hard.
Members of the Newtown Senior Center shared personal stories from their past at the Writing Workshop Reading on April 17. The official public ceremony came after a six-week writing course led by Newto...
To refer to singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Beth Hart’s fan base as rabidly enthusiastic would really be putting it mildly. Hart, the Grammy-nominated powerhouse will arrive for a raw and unplugged set at the Playhouse on May 1.
Thank you for exercising your freedom of speech. We are losing all constitutional rights because of the loud silence and the blind falling in line of so many.
Thank you for your service to all members of the Newtown community, during the past 14 years. Thank you for educating Michael and me on the many ways to help the community. You will make an excellent State Representative.
