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Published: May 28, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Girl Scout Rebecca Filiato has spent the last few months creating whimsical fairy houses and inviting the community to participate in making their own for her Gold Award project.
Roughly 90 people made fairy houses, and while some chose to keep their...
Published: May 28, 2021 at 07:00 AM
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) met over Zoom on May 20 for a packed agenda of public hearings.
George Benson, director of planning for the Land Use Agency, started off by listing the applications that were being tabled until June 3.
Out of ...
Updated: May 28, 2021 at 09:19 AM
The Newtown Public Building and Site Commission (PBSC) this week formally accepted the recently occupied new police headquarters facility for full occupancy, effectively closing the file on this most recently completed public building project. The co...
Published: May 28, 2021 at 07:00 AM
June 14, 1996
A referendum has been set for Wednesday, June 19, to decide the fate of the $29 million high school and Hawley School expansion projects. More than enough signatures were gathered in a petition drive last weekend to force a machine...
Published: May 28, 2021 at 07:00 AM
The Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society (CPAPS) is planning “Capturing Connecticut’s Beauty,” a two-day art show and sale planned in and around the barn behind the Budd House, 50 Main Street.
The exhibition will be presented Friday, June 18, 1-5 p...
Published: May 28, 2021 at 07:00 AM
A reader has shared with me their concern about fireworks over the Memorial Day weekend, and I must concur. It has been fairly dry in recent weeks, so along with the usual precautions if you have fireworks in hand, dry wooded areas may be more apt to...
Published: May 28, 2021 at 06:30 AM
The Connecticut Association of Photographers (CAP) recently announced the results of the 2020 Tops In Connecticut juried competition. The statewide competition, sponsored by CAP, is the premier venue for Connecticut photographers to compete and share...
Updated: May 28, 2021 at 01:51 PM
NEW MILFORD — Top-seeded Newtown High School fell 7-4 to second-seeded Joel Barlow of Redding in the South-West Conference championship game, at neutral site New Milford High, on May 27.
It was a back and forth first half that featured three ties, an...
Published: May 27, 2021 at 04:30 PM
The lessening of COVID restrictions means a sense of freedom is certainly in the air this Memorial weekend. But our many freedoms are due to dedicated armed forces, and Memorial Day is a day to honor the service men and women who have passed, in time...
Published: May 27, 2021 at 03:00 PM
Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team had a lot of turnover since its 2019 season, the last time the team was together before coronavirus wiped out the 2020 slate, but even despite having a fairly young and very small program — with no junior va...
