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March 23, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Jim Shpunt. * * * * * While driving a police patrol car up Main Street toward the flagpole mid-afternoon Thursday, March 15, police patrol officer Chris Vadas looked to the left and saw plumes of dark smoke b...

March 16, 2001 EDITORIAL INK DROPS — A GOOD PLAN TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE: The recent decision by the Board of Selectmen to cut $150,000 from its current budget proposal requested by the Conservation Commission for the purchase of open space was a...

March 9, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Joe Rahtelli. * * * * * EDITORIAL INK DROPS — THE ROAD CREW: Talk about road trips! The plow truck drivers for Newtown’s Highway Department hit the road at 3 pm last Sunday as the sleet and snow began to fly i...

March 2, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Sean LaPak. * * * * * For nearly 50 years the Grand Union has been something of a landmark in Newtown. For some, the Queen Street supermarket was considered one of the enduring symbols of Newtown’s center. But...

February 23, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Mary Ann Murtha. * * * * * EDITORIAL INK DROPS — COMMON SENSE ABOUT DRIVING AND CELL PHONES: There is a bill currently before the legislature that would make it illegal to use hand-held cell phones while d...

February 16, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Gordon Williams. * * * * * Officials from Cornerstone of Eagle Hill in Newtown are hoping to re-open the alcohol and drug treatment facility in the coming weeks. For now, however, it remains closed pending...

February 9, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER OF Steve Belair. * * * * * It’s not every day that Newtown gets 18 inches of snow, but the story behind this week’s snowstorm wasn’t so much the amount of snow. More than anything, it will be the timing of Mon...

February 2, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Donald Monckton. * * * * * The discovery of high levels of uranium in several Newtown wells, including the well for Middle Gate School, has prompted local officials to begin widespread testing of water supp...

January 26, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER OF Peggy Gross. * * * * * EDITORIAL INK DROPS — POWER TO THE FIRST SELECTMAN: First Selectman Herb Rosenthal has to be happy with the way he sees things going with the Charter Revision Commission. The charter ...

January 19, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER OF Hank Hjerpe. * * * * * Collins Enterprises, LLC of Greenwich announced earlier this month that it no longer intended to proceed with its proposal to build a high-tech park on the 185-acre Fairfield Hills pr...