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Newtown resident Kenneth Canfield, Jr, is the Class of 2021 valedictorian at Henry Abbott Technical High School in Danbury, and it is an accomplishment he has been working toward for years. In a recent phone interview, Kenneth explained that he learn...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, June 17: 12:39 pm, brush fire, Tunnel Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 4:37 pm, ...

The Board of Selectmen received the latest update on local road improvement projects scheduled to be completed with designated funds during the 2021-22 municipal budget cycle. Public Works Director Fred Hurley explained that the majority of this year...

For the second year in a row, there will not be a Newtown Labor Day Parade. The parade committee announced through Facebook on Saturday, June 26, that the decision had been made to cancel this year’s parade. The pandemic forced the cancellation of th...

Newtown Police Department is investigating disturbing graffiti found on June 25 in Hawleyville. Several passing motorists reported the vandalism to police on Friday morning. Officers were dispatched to Hawleyville Road for the reported racist and ant...

Athletic events are competitive by nature, but the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary’s Race For Catherine, held virtually and live the weekend of June 18-20, was all about kindness and nature. This 5K for Kindness included 272 runners/walkers...

Newtown Police Department personnel carried the Special Olympics Connecticut (SOCT) torch on its Newtown leg last Friday, the third of three days torches were being carried across the state en route to the SOCT Summer Games. The Newtown officers, ac...

The Public Building and Site Commission (PBSC) met remotely on June 22 to hear updates on the progress of the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial on Riverside Road. Daniel Affleck, of the design firm SWA Group, informed the PBSC that he met with the Sandy ...

Summer sports camps are getting started. Some are led by Newtown High School coaches as follows: Girls' Soccer: The Nighthawk Girls' Soccer Youth Camp for ages 9-12, is run by NHS Coach Marc Kenney, Monday, June 28 through Thursday, July 1, from ...

The Newtown-based Aspetuck Rugby Club placed third in the National Rugby Tournament, in Kansas City, Mo., in mid June. Results are as follows: Aspetuck 31, Genesis of Utah 22: Seeded seventh in the tournament, Aspetuck brought the best combinatio...