Stepping into the first week of January is always bracing and compelling. The calendar is crisp and new, waiting to be filled in with the hopeful details of potential and possibilities. These are days...

The 12-member Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission (SHPMC), which includes family members who lost loved ones 12/14, was charged in September 2013 with determining if a permanent memorial was desi...

This is the time of year when darkness closes in on us, and we feel again the need to gather around sources of illumination: Christmas trees, menorahs, and the stories and rituals handed down to us th...

Newtown is unified in celebration this coming weekend. The tree lighting at Ram Pasture on Friday night, the Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast (or breakfast with that iconic Christmas persona, Santa Claus...

“Hallo, my fine fellow! ... Do you know the Poulterer’s, in the next street but one, at the corner? … Do you know whether they’ve sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there? — Not the little ...

Winter is coming, to steal a phrase from the popular HBO show, The Game of Thrones. Along with the ritual of raking leaves comes another fall tradition for gardeners, that of planting bulbs. Tulip bul...

We expect the town officials we elected last week to collectively serve us in ways that are spelled out in detail in our town charter. We also expect them to serve as our proxies at long, and often bo...

There is a certain irony to the controversy that blew up on social media in the final days of this year’s local election campaign over the leak of confidential digital communications of the Board of E...

This is an odd political year in Newtown, and we’re not just talking about the date, which is indeed an odd number indicating local elections. There is very little actual drama in the races up and dow...

The series of forums hosted by the Community Center Commission continues to bring suggestions regarding the use of the $15 million gift from GE to the town. A recent survey also solicited public opini...