A recruiting drive is underway for Newtown Lions Club. Chartered in 1949, the Newtown club currently has approximately 60 active members, according to and Membership Chair Bill Brett. That number is d...

This year's 141st Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show saw a beautiful German shepherd dog named GCH Lockenhaus' Rumor Has It V Kenlyn come back to win Best in Show on February 14. She came close l...

Members of a local advocacy group have scheduled a free film screening of Before The Flood, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, at Edmond Town Hall for Sunday, March 5, starting at 1 pm. A question and answe...

February 28, 1992 First Selectman Zita McMahon took time from her hectic day to meet with local Scouts to review the functions of town government. Weblo Cub Scouts Andrew English and Robbie Kopch...

The Newtown Action Alliance had a pretty high profile actress at its February 20 fundraiser at Stonewall Inn in lower Manhattan. Among the performers was Cate Blanchett, who appeared with fellow cast ...

February 21, 1992 Early Wednesday morning two inmates escaped from the drug treatment center, while a vehicle was stolen around the same time from a Newtown resident's home nearby. Local and stat...

The C.H. Booth Library's Creative Writing Fiction Class met for their last session recently. The group met for five weeks, despite some snowy weather. Teen mentor Caitlin Farrell assisted instructor W...

Occupation: I'm the secretary for the Newtown Land Use Agency [recently reidentified as the Planning Department]. I've been there since September of 2015. I applied there when I was looking for a ...

Newtown Parks and Recreation hosted its first Little Miss Valentine's Day Ball on Friday, February 17, from 7 to 9:30 pm, at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Forty-four couples of dads and daughters, as ...

Hiking season is not limited to dry summer weather or crisp fall afternoons - or even mild winter days ... or daylight hours for that matter.For information about the May 20 5K, visit newtownxc5k.even...