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Updated: Jul 30, 2021 at 10:04 AM
The Charter Revision Commission continued its work on proposed changes involving the Board of Finance, the Board of Education, and a number of other issues at two meetings July 14 and 21.
Charged with making revisions to the town’s charter on March 3...
Published: Jul 23, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Pooches and their owners visiting Newtown Park and Bark, the community’s free range dog park on Old Farm Road, are in for a treat as the Board of Selectmen (BOS) has approved a local artist’s dog-inspired mural to be painted on an adjacent building.
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Updated: Jul 22, 2021 at 05:48 PM
NEW HAVEN — One of the amazing things about the band Bright Eyes is that to a great degree, they defy categorization.
But no matter what kind of instrumentation the trio of Nate Walcott, Conor Oberst, and Mike Mogis develop to underpin Oberst's deepl...
Updated: Jul 24, 2021 at 05:05 PM
NOTE (Saturday, July 24, 2021): This article has been updated to correct which official will record nominations and votes during a town committee meeting or caucus.
Conflicting information concerning town committee member participation has...
Published: Jul 22, 2021 at 03:03 PM
To the Editor,
A few years ago I tore down a ramshackle cottage on an undersized lot in Pootatuck Park, then formally gave up the right to rebuild it and asked the assessor’s office to reevaluate the lot for taxes. It did, but incorrectly classified ...
Published: Jul 22, 2021 at 03:01 PM
To the Editor,
The Friends just completed a very successful 45th annual book sale. Our sincere appreciation goes to the donors, volunteers, town officials, school personnel, and local businesses who contributed to that success.
It is thanks to genero...
Published: Jul 22, 2021 at 03:00 PM
To the Editor,
I hope by the time this letter is published, the Newtown School Board has decided to move students out of Hawley School during construction. I doubt there will be any financial savings, but I am sure from my experience that we will be ...
Published: Jul 22, 2021 at 03:00 PM
If you missed our recent front page reports, there are a couple of new and fruitful municipal economic development projects accelerating, with several more vying to take root and get some public airing in the coming weeks.
For some time now, the comm...
Published: Jul 22, 2021 at 10:40 AM
The Summer Concert Series continued on July 15 with a performance by the Kathy Thompson Band at the Dickinson Memorial Park band shell.
The free weekly series runs Thursday evenings, from 6:30 to 8 pm, through August 5 and features family-friendly mu...
Updated: Jul 22, 2021 at 01:45 PM
Ellyn Buehl Gehrett, of Newtown and Bethany Beach, Delaware, passed away at Danbury Hospital late in the afternoon of July 18. A long-ago transplant to Newtown from the state of New York, she was proud to call Newtown home and fervently believed ther...
