The 56th Labor Day Parade will step off from Main Street at Currituck Road at 10 am, Monday, September 4. In the 3½ weeks leading up to that morning, the parade committee has a line of march to finish...

August 14, 1992 Newtown may have its Labor Day Parade this year, but local police will probably not direct traffic. "So far everybody has declined to work the parade," Officer John Kotch said. Ac...

Can one young dog cause an entire town to come together on his behalf? It seemed to be the case for a 4½-month-old puppy named Ozzy, whose big brown eyes and wrinkled brow touched the hearts of many c...

Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps visited Newtown High School's Blue & Gold Stadium on Friday, August 4, for a rehearsal day that included a series of practice runs that the public was invited to stop...

BETHEL - From the effervescence that permeated even the grayest of early scenes in the recent production of Willy Wonka , which opens Friday, August 11, at  Walnut Hill Communi...

Future engineers in training gathered at the C.H. Booth Library's Makers' Space, on the second floor, to participate in the "Learn To Solder" class on Monday, July 31, from 10 to 11:30 am. Students ex...

Several readers felt my pain, and my dogs' annoyance, when I wrote about how bad ticks where this year in a recent column. I've pulled out some of the best comments and some really great anti-tick tac...

Newtown's garden clubs have deep roots in the town's soil. The seeds they plant grow more than just flowers, shrubs, and vegetables; they produce a feeling of community for so many residents. In this ...

The Newtown Education Foundation (NEF) will conduct a Family Fun Color Run on Sunday, September 24, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, and the run will include packets of colored powder to be ...

Cynthia Joyce feels like she won the lottery. The Sandy Hook resident may not have had a financial windfall, but she did benefit from the efforts of a volunteer-driven organization, along with hours o...