A choice between modern technology or paying for childcare, the cost of job transportation vs food purchases, preventative medical care weighed against the cost of missing work: these are choices made every day by those Connecticut — and Newtown —
There is a lot of building going on in Newtown. Some of it has raised eyebrows as trees are razed and beams are raised, and some has been applauded. But there is another kind of building going on in town
Goodbye, classic Newtown. Hello, bright new world. With the approval of a drive-through window for the Starbucks Coffee shop in the new construction at exit 10 on Church Hill Road and ongoing consideration of allowing drive-throughs for eateries in shopping
Imagine a world where vignettes of life are captured in paint, in sound, in movement; carved from stone or rendered in fabric; where science explodes with vision. It is a world that exists: the world of art. Newtown will come
It is a small victory in the news world, but one that may bring relief to some community newspapers that have been struggling under tariffs temporarily imposed this past year on Canadian imports of uncoated groundwood paper — that which
The Planning & Zoning (P&Z) Commission would like to broaden zoning regulations, allowing drive-through window service at shopping centers. What a surprise. Reworking zoning regulations has become a habit in this town, with special zoning and overlay zones regularly applied
Technology keeps changing, and sometimes it feels like chasing a greased piglet around the barnyard, change happens so quickly; but online readers have no doubt noticed this week that we have taken that slippery technology in hand with the implementation
Registered Democrat and Republican voters went to the polls Tuesday to elect who they felt would be the best candidate in the November elections. The November elections may feel very far off, but these primaries signal the start of what
They are just kids. They should be spending the summer lolling on beaches, dallying with summer romances, and catching up on leisure reading. They should be complaining to parents about curfews and putting in hours at summer jobs and camps
The American Press Institute reports that, according to a Pew Research Center survey, Americans "who follow the news most of the time (62 percent) are feeling worn out by the news," and "... (78 percent) of those who less frequently