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Charles Arthur Willus, Ph.D., 79, of Newtown, passed away peacefully the evening of Thursday, July 22, with the love of his family surrounding him. Charlie was born in Oceanside, N.Y., to his parents Andrew and Bertine. He grew up in Freeport, N.Y., ...

UPDATE: This report was updated at 10:15 am on July 29 with new information from the Newtown Democratic Town Committee adding incumbent Board of Finance member Ned Simpson to the roster of candidates endorsed for the November 2 local ballot, and ...

Occupation: I am currently the full-time school nurse at Reed Intermediate School here in Newtown. Before becoming a school nurse I was a labor and delivery nurse at Danbury Hospital for 20 years and, previously, a maternal special care nurse at ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone’s daily routines, and that includes pets. Many dogs and cats adjusted to their owners being home with them 24/7 for months, but now that people are returning to work or taking vacations this summer, pets ar...

HARTFORD — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is issuing an air quality alert most of Connecticut today. Litchfield County is the exception. A smoke plume from the western wildfires that passed over Connecticut p...

Newtown Parks & Recreation has announced that Eichler's Cove Beach is closed for the day. An email issued just before 10 am this morning indicates "due to algae, the beach will be closed, there will be no swimming at the beach. It will reopen once c...

Angela Alden, of Oakville, has spent her entire life learning about astrology and its subgenre, numerology. “For me, it started way back when I was born. My grandmother, who was from Italy, came here for my birth, and my mother actually wanted to nam...

Anna and Dan Wiedemann may be leaving Newtown for Southbury, but they will be long remembered by residents for their legacy of service with local organizations and on various government boards. Over their 33 years in town, Anna served as a PTA presid...

Newtown’s Methodist church has a very direct connection to the silver anniversary of the Order of Deacons. The Reverend E. Susan Klein, minister of music for Newtown United Methodist Church, was one of six people in the inaugural class of the New Yor...