Newtown Middle School art teachers Leigh Anne Coles and Kristen Ladue hosted a Paint Night in the evening of Wednesday, November 16, to raise funds for the school's art department and gather donations...

The town's three Christmas/holiday trees will be formally lit for the holidays, December 2-4. Newtown's oldest tree lighting celebration will open the weekend. The 32nd Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony a...

Occupation: I am an artist. I am a trained oil painter, but I do a bit of everything now. I've done graphic design and website design. I have a BFA in art history with a double major in medieval h...

With his gaze turned toward Sandy Hook Center, Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP) President Joe Hemingway said, "There used to be a mill here, the building was huge." The building's size wa...

Now that I've rolled myself off of the cushion I collapsed upon after Thanksgiving dinner last week, I'm ready to take on the weekend. Be sure to check our calendar in the paper and online at www.newt...

The sudden loss of 8-year-old Collin George Whitmore, who passed suddenly last February from a brain disorder known as arteriovenous malformation (AVM), was devastating for his Sandy Hook family. But ...

The town's longest running holiday event - the lighting of a tree (which became the lighting of two trees a few years ago) at Ram Pasture - will again open a weekend of holiday events in Newtown. The ...

Angels, dolls, and fairies rushed across the hardwood floor to huddle in different corners. Calling one group at a time to the center of the room to turn their smiling costumed faces forward was Newto...

John Manville of the town Public Works Department strung strands of lights on the town's Christmas tree at the Ram Pasture on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 23, amid cold blustery conditions. Th...

Newtown resident Mary Wilson, co-owner of Queen Street Gifts & Treats, located at 3 Queen Street, recently celebrated the boutique’s four-year anniversary. Her store gives shoppers the experience of ...