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The Legislative Council found itself presented with an interesting conundrum at its recent meeting on January 21. A resident approached the council for a second time after some talks with Councilman Ben Ruben, asking the town to consider a ban on sho...

Intermittent snows over the weekend caused no end of trouble for Newtown’s Department of Public Works. With 1,000 hours of overtime across DPW employees, especially plow drivers, the on again, off again snow, combined with freezing conditions causing...

Winter brings with it flu season, and this year, a dramatic increase in flu cases. The CT Mirror recently reported that "flu cases in Connecticut have increased dramatically over the last month, and health officials say the surge in illnesses is hap...

According to Scientific American, 40% of people set New Year’s resolutions each year. However, as many as 88% among that number do not keep their resolutions for more than two weeks. As a matter of fact, Quitter’s Day is the second Friday of January,...

First anniversary, fifth anniversary, tenth, twenty-fifth, fiftieth, sixtieth … most milestone anniversaries have traditional or contemporary gifts assigned to them. What does one do to celebrate a 250th anniversary? For one thing, we become very fam...

Not to take credit for a good insight — this was recently seen in a shared post on a local social media group: “I heard something recently that really made me pause. A woman who works at a thrift store said she wishes people would donate their childr...

The Connecticut Better Business Bureau recently noted that Thanksgiving weekend saw an estimated 197 million shoppers last year, according to the National Retail Federation. Black Friday, traditionally the single busiest shopping day of the year, arr...

According to Wikipedia, Thanksgiving is a “celebration [that] dates to 1863 and has been linked to the Pilgrims 1621 harvest festival since the late 19th century. As the name implies, the theme of the holiday generally revolves around giving thanks w...

If there’s one constant in life, it’s change. Nothing ever stays the same; life is constantly moving and evolving and, well, changing. Change came to Newtown on Election Day as First Selectman Jeff Capeci and Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia Halstead were o...

It was just last month that this space noted the importance of community newspapers in recognition of National Newspaper Week, an annual event by New England Newspaper and Press Association. That subject has become relevant in a different way, as a n...