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Published: Apr 10, 2021 at 08:00 AM
In 2019, Habby Farah brought the Newtown Tennis Association’s Tennis Open back to town after it was on the shelf for a season and had only been held once over the course of a decade.
Now, Farah looks to bring similar enthusiasm to the Newtown High Sc...
Updated: Apr 18, 2021 at 03:33 PM
UPDATE (Sunday, April 18, 2021): Due to inclement weather on Monday, April 19, Rotary Park Spring Cleaning has been rescheduled to its rain date (Thursday, April 22). See below for additional details.
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The pandemic is going to mea...
Updated: Apr 13, 2021 at 08:21 AM
During a brief regular meeting April 5, First Selectman Dan Rosenthal briefed Selectmen Maureen Crick Owen and Jeff Capeci on additional funds he expected to be considered two days later by the Legislative Council to further reduce the proposed 2021-...
Updated: Apr 12, 2021 at 03:49 PM
Charles Rafferty does not have a particularly dark way of looking at life. His new book, a collection of flash fiction published as Somebody Who Knows Somebody, takes readers to a lot of dark, scary, and sometimes uncomfortable places, but Rafferty p...
Published: Apr 10, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Your Business: Newtown Café, 3 Glen Road, Sandy Hook Village (the former Village Perk, adjacent to the Foundry Kitchen)
Owners/Manager: Shen Yousaf
How long have you been in business? “Since early March of this year.”
What does your b...
Published: Apr 10, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Head O’ Meadow Elementary School students visited virtually with author Mac Barnett on March 30.
The author, at his home in California, and Head O’ Meadow classrooms were connected, along with students at home, by video.
“I’m here in California in my...
Published: Apr 09, 2021 at 03:00 PM
Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse program begins the season with a small roster of 26 team members, a handful of whom are sidelined because of coronavirus protocol. On top of that, captain Shea Murphy is just getting back to training to rejoin th...
Published: Apr 09, 2021 at 10:00 AM
STURBRIDGE, MASS. — Old Sturbridge Village (OSV) raised the frame on a new cabinetmaking shop March 31, marking the first addition in more than 50 years to the village’s Common. The new building will be south of the meeting house.
OSV is employing bo...
Published: Apr 09, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Joanna Closs, coach of the Newtown High School softball team, and her Nighthawks, are looking to make the most of return to the field following last year’s coronavirus-canceled season.
“I feel like we got skipped in line after waiting in it all day. ...
Published: Apr 09, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Newtown Underwater Search And Rescue (NUSAR) was part of a rescue effort that turned into a recovery mission in New Milford on Easter Sunday.
The dive team was dispatched around 7:15 pm on April 4 after a male hiker was reported missing in Lover’s Le...
