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Updated: Jan 21, 2025 at 06:27 PM
Across the country, people are asking what happened to this country, whether everyone has lost touch with their neighbors and shared destiny, whether the nation is unraveling and if so, what is the culprit? Perhaps the most urgent question is “What c...
Published: Jan 03, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Sometimes winning easily is not as satisfying as being challenged, even if it means not only a hard-fought triumph but also a setback or two along the way. Such is the case for the Newtown High School wrestling team, which had some tough out-of-state...
Published: Jan 03, 2025 at 06:55 AM
In a battle of winless but talented boys’ basketball teams coming off some challenging tests to begin the season host Newtown High School prevailed over Northwestern 57-53 on December 28.
The Nighthawks fell behind 17-8 after one quarter of play but ...
Published: Jan 03, 2025 at 06:50 AM
The Newtown-New Fairfield (NNF) hockey team concluded the month of December with a hard-fought battle with Tri-Town at Enfield Twin Rinks on December 27 and the Nighthawks lost the back-and-forth contest 4-2. This was a game of excellent effort and d...
Published: Jan 03, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Karen Ruth (Hultman) Karcheski, born on May 31, 1935, in Waterbury, passed away peacefully on the morning of December 21, 2024. Although battling Alzheimer’s disease for 17 years, her will of survival was greatly seen in her final days, but Karen unf...
Published: Jan 03, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Wilbur “Skip” Coy Luf, 82, beloved husband of Carol (Kizkiel) Luf, of Newtown, passed away Saturday December 28, at Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine.
Friends may call at Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street in Newtown, Thursday, January 9, from 4 ...
Published: Jan 02, 2025 at 03:00 PM
With a new year ushering its way in, that also means that for the town, it’s budget season. First Selectman Jeff Capeci has spent November and December meeting with department heads. The first selectman’s proposed budget is expected to be presented t...
Published: Jan 02, 2025 at 03:00 PM
To the Editor:
At the December 18 meeting of the Borough Zoning Commission, Chairman Nelson spoke about how the Castle Hill development complies with zoning regulations for the number of proposed housing units. While the 117-unit cluster housing deve...
Published: Jan 02, 2025 at 03:00 PM
To the Editor:
“Honesty is the best policy.” Not sure where I learned that, exactly. Perhaps through the depth of my educational exposure to Washington and Lincoln. Perhaps from my ancestors and relatives, or from my teachers. Most definitely from my...
Published: Jan 02, 2025 at 03:00 PM
To the Editor:
I remember years ago hearing that the Archdiocese wanted to sell its Castle Hill property. Many of us with the Newtown Forest Association went door to door to collect pledges to keep the property as a preserve. We had little time but w...
