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The Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation, Inc, has announced its next grant cycle for funding. Since 2014, the foundation has provided $1,065,907 in grant awards to organizations working with individuals who have been impacted by 12/14, and to str...

New England is now in the thick of the winter season as snowstorms and nor’easters pound the area. With temperatures hovering around freezing and the inches of snow piling up, New Englanders have been forced inside. For some, this season turns arena ...

During a brief virtual meeting February 3, the Legislative Council voted unanimously to send three capital authorization requests to voters to consider on the April 27 budget referendum. By charter, each year the council must break out any special or...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, February 4: 4:55 am, structure fire, Huntingtown Road, Botsford, Hook & Ladder, Sandy ...

Legislative Council member and Charter Revision Charge Committee member Ryan Knapp seemed just a little bit uncomfortable seated before the Board of Finance February 8, explaining why he thought that elected panel should be formally disbanded and eli...

Newtown High School’s winter indoor track teams are training as best they can to prepare for the possibility of competitions late in the campaign or when the anticipated spring outdoor season commences. Meets are on hold for now due to coronavirus re...

In its second meeting of the year, held remotely due to the pandemic, the Board of Police Commissioners covered ongoing work and updates on the new police station, budget requests, COVID cases within the police department, traffic around local school...

The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) met over Zoom on February 4 to continue public hearings for applications concerning Aquila’s Nest Vineyards and a subdivision at 3 Edmond Road. Aquila’s Nest Vineyards The third and final public hearing t...

UPDATE: Work planned for this past Saturday has been postponed to Monday, February 15, weather permitting. SOUTHBURY — Due to the snow storms that postponed work this week and last, concrete removal on the western bridge of the Rochambeau Bridge will...

HARTFORD — State Representative Mitch Bolinsky (R-Newtown) has issued a statement regarding Governor Lamont’s two-year state budget proposal, saying he was disappointed with the budget product. The $46 Billion, 2-year budget relies largely on one-tim...