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Published: Aug 20, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Attendance may have been low with the 90-degree heat and high humidity, but First Selectman Dan Rosenthal conducted his first “Walk and Talk” of the year Friday, August 13, on the Fairfield Hills campus. He plans to continue hosting the low-impact ex...
Published: Aug 20, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Board of Finance member Matthew Mihalcik was appointed to fill a District 2 vacancy on the Legislative Council at the council’s Wednesday, August 18, meeting.
The replacement, by town charter, allows only members of the same party to vote on the appo...
Published: Aug 20, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Fifteen years after the state gave the property at 6 Commerce Road to the town for sale as commercial development, the town has finally sold eight acres of the land for senior housing.
The Board of Selectmen approved the sale of 14 acres of town-owne...
Published: Aug 20, 2021 at 07:00 AM
The Connecticut State Department of Education is planning a virtual meeting to inform parents on what to expect and how to prepare for a safe and successful return to school for their children.
A question and answer session with medical experts about...
Published: Aug 19, 2021 at 05:00 PM
August 16, 1996
Newtown High School has been turned upside down this summer as work on this school’s multi-million-dollar project is well underway. Backhoes, excavators, bulldozers, steam rollers and dump trucks crowd the Berkshire Road property...
Published: Aug 19, 2021 at 04:00 PM
As the number of Newtown residents contracting the highly transmissible COVID-19 delta variant continues to increase, Health District Director Donna Culbert is re-upping her strong recommendation for any resident who remains unvaccinated to become va...
Updated: Aug 19, 2021 at 03:31 PM
To the Editor,
This is a letter of gratitude to all the students and parents, who with their support of me as an educator over many years, enabled me now to be a 2021 Republican candidate for the Newtown Board of Education. Without each of you who em...
Published: Aug 19, 2021 at 03:15 PM
To the Editor,
The upcoming school year brings new classes, activities, and often new social opportunities that may include peer pressure to experiment with underage drinking. Though resistance can be difficult for teens, as a parent, your involveme...
Updated: Aug 27, 2021 at 10:35 AM
UPDATE: This letter was updated by the editor at 10:30 am on August 27 to correct the name of the letter writer, Dennis Brestovansky, who was incorrectly identified as "Dan" in the original post and print edition of this letter.
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To th...
Updated: Aug 25, 2021 at 12:06 PM
From a devastating earthquake in Haiti to a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan to destructive wildfires across the western United States, there is no shortage of human tragedy playing out this week.
These kinds of disasters often make us want...
