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Updated: Oct 21, 2021 at 04:45 PM
To the Editor:
The decisions made by the zoning commission, as well as that of the board of appeals, probably play the largest role in giving our town its identity.
As Newtown residents, we may not agree on the future of Fairfield Hills, or the prema...
Updated: Oct 21, 2021 at 04:47 PM
To the Editor:
The Board of Education has the reputation of being one of the most difficult town positions (if not the most difficult) available to Newtown volunteers. Board members need to gain at least a cursory understanding of curriculum, teachin...
Updated: Oct 21, 2021 at 04:53 PM
To the Editor:
We have had the pleasure of working with Ned Simpson for the past six months on the Newtown Building Inventory & Planning Work Group with the goal of gathering and logging data on existing Newtown Public buildings. The work group’s pur...
Updated: Oct 30, 2021 at 03:36 PM
NOTE (Saturday, October 30, 2021): This article has been updated to include a few corrected details for one of the October 30 events.
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With COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines easing, families and revelers of all ages are defini...
Updated: Oct 21, 2021 at 04:54 PM
Newtown residents are being called to support their choices of candidates running to represent them over the next two (or in a couple of cases, four) years. While the voice we each have, and the role we play in casting votes for statewide and nationa...
Published: Oct 21, 2021 at 09:50 AM
After much anticipation, Newtown father son duo Jim and Sasha Allen were featured on The Voice’s battle rounds on the evening of Monday, October 18.
Prior to the performance, they had made it through the blind audition process having performed John D...
Published: Oct 21, 2021 at 09:40 AM
Barbara Jane (Kelley) Sperling, age 82, of Newtown, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, October 20, surrounded by her family. She was a wonderful wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Barbara was the loving wife of...
Published: Oct 21, 2021 at 09:05 AM
With profound sadness we announce the passing of Sara Keough Jacoba (nee Bloxsom) on October 3, at age 98, our loving and devoted mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend.
Sara was born and raised on a small family farm in Aurora, N.Y., as one of nine c...
Published: Oct 21, 2021 at 09:00 AM
January 15, 1928 to October 15, 2021
Frederick E. Griffith passed away October 15, at his home in Newtown. He was born in Erwin, Tenn., on January 15, 1928, the son of Garvey and Mary McKinney Griffith.
Dad graduated from East Tennessee State Un...
Updated: Oct 20, 2021 at 01:10 PM
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