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While much of the Board of Education’s (BOE) meeting on Tuesday, February 3 centered on the 2026-27 education budget proposal, Superintendent of Schools Anne Uberti gave an update on the radon testing going on at Middle Gate Elementary School. Radon ...

Board of Education (BOE) members approved the proposed 2026-27 education budget in a unanimous vote at their Tuesday, February 3 meeting. The budget totals $96,086,919 — a roughly $4,342,275, or 4.73%, increase over the current year. Superintendent ...

The Board of Selectmen at its February 2 meeting unanimously approved a 2026-27 proposed municipal budget of $51,627,240, a 3.53% increase over the 2025-26 budget of $49,866,665, but not without some disagreement over the details. First Selectman Bru...

Family: My brother Elijah, and my mom and dad. Do you have any nicknames? Ikey. Pets: Two cats, Nutmeg and Hobbes; and a fish, Jon. Where do you go to school? Newtown High School. I’m in tenth grade. What is your favorite subject?...

STRATFORD — Following up their 40-32 loss at New Milford on January 30, the Newtown High School girls’ basketball team went to Bunnell to face the Bulldogs and earned a 58-36 win on February 2. The Nighthawks held an 18-point lead until the final 40 ...

Newtown Community Center sponsored a Curiosity Indoor Flea Market on Saturday, January 24. For six hours, hundreds of guests responded to the invitation to discover thousands of unique “treasures” and other curiosities for sale. Dozens of vendors pro...

On Thursday, January 15, Newtown Planning & Zoning Commission heard the applicant’s rebuttal to the intervenor’s testimony for 90 Mt Pleasant Road. Application 25.25 by Civil 1 is for the construction of two athletic fields, a proposed clubhouse buil...

Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team went on the road and handed Kolbe Cathedral its first conference loss in six games, defeating the Cougars 67-62 at Cardinal Shehan Center in Bridgeport on January 23. The Nighthawks returned home to face Im...

The Board of Education (BOE) discussed the proposed 2026-27 education budget of $96,086,919 — a roughly $4,342,275, or 4.73%, increase over the current year — at its Tuesday, January 27 meeting. This comes after Superintendent of Schools Anne Uberti...

The Legislative Council recently approved the receipt of a $514,119 grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to restore the stream bed of the Pootatuck River near the Aquarion wellfield. The grant has a 25% local match that will b...