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WATERBURY — The 29th Annual Jack Friel Memorial Golf Scramble, to benefit Newtown Scholarship Association (NSA), will take place at the Country Club of Waterbury on Monday, June 21. Registration opens at 11 am, lunch begins at 11:30, and shotgun star...

Approximately three dozen members of Newtown Congregational Church gathered on the gentle slope to the south of the church building for worship on May 16. It was the first Sunday morning worship service for the church in 14 months, after the church ...

A Main Street homeowner with a chronic disability that limits her mobility is engaged in a flap involving the Borough Historic District Commission and the Borough’s zoning coordinator over a fence that was built to help prevent her toddler from runni...

Newtown High School’s baseball team heads into the South-West Conference tournament with a 10-7 record and as the No. 7 seed. But, considering three of the setbacks were one-run battles, if the Nighthawks can get past No. 2 Masuk of Monroe in the Sat...

Residents who are looking forward to outdoor swimming can mark their calendars for Memorial Day weekend. Following a delayed opening last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the town’s two public outdoor swimming locations — Eichler’s Cove and the poo...

Sure, runs and wins have been aplenty for Newtown High School’s softball team — including nine double-digit outbursts heading into a May 12 showdown with Masuk of Monroe at Treadwell Park. But even though the Nighthawks left the field on a losing end...

The Chamber of Commerce of Newtown is sponsoring “The Great Newtown Shopping Spree Raffle,” which will reward a $3,000, $1,500, and $500 to each of three winners and at the same time support local businesses. Tickets are $20 each and the winners will...

UPDATE (Friday, May 21, 2021; 3:07 pm): This story has been updated to indicate that residents of 47 West Street were home at the time of the incident. * * * * * A male driver was seriously injured and a female passenger received minor injuries ...

Local, state, and federal entities will all be affected by the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 31. All town offices will be closed on Memorial Day. Town boards and commissions will not be meeting. Newtown Senior Center, the schools, and C.H. Boot...