HARTFORD - Newtown will be well represented later this week during the 37th Annual Connecticut Flower & Garden Show. Peg Townsend of Bethel, a member of both The Town and Country Garden Club of Newtow...

From Newtown's humble beginnings in 1705, its population has grown to nearly 29,000 residents, according to the 2016 census. Many of those who have been born and raised here choose to remain in town a...

If you have a concern that a beloved senior relative, neighbor, or friend may be the victim of theft, elder abuse, or is someone who just hopes to age in place at home as they grow older, Newtown Yout...

Alan Will found himself looking toward spring while working in winter's ultimate weather, last week. Alan, an employee of Newtown Power Equipment, found himself unloading the first spring order of Cub...

Occupation: I've been a cashier at a supermarket since 2016. I have a lot of things I want to be when I grow up, so it's tough to decide. Right now I'm taking a class at Naugatuck Valley on how to...

February 19, 1993 WHERE'S THE FLAG? There's been no flag atop the Newtown flagpole this week. Police Officer David Lydem, who has been taking care of the flagpole for many years, said the flag wa...

For more than 20 years, the locally owned and independently operated Citgo gas station called Consumer Petroleum/Wheels of CT has been participating in the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Shamrock Se...

During the C.H. Booth Library's Music Dynamics class, on February 9, children ages 2 through 6 and their adult partners participate in a variety of energetic songs, dances, nursery rhymes, and games. ...

At the Newtown Lions Club January 24 meeting Reed Intermediate School fifth grade teacher Karen King presented the news that the Lions Club International Foundation's SightFirst Grant is funding $400,...

The Chinese New Year begins on February 16 and according to the Chinese Zodiac Calendar, 2018 is the Year of the Dog. According to the website ChineseNewYear2018.com Lisa Peterson writes about hist...