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In the category of feast or famine, Newtown High School's softball team had a dominant performance — a 19-0 win over host Kolbe Cathedral of Bridgeport on May 11 — following a 3-2, extra-inning loss to visiting Notre Dame Prep of Fairfield at Treadwe...

Hard-fought wins are rewarding for teams, but blowouts can be equally fulfilling in their own right. Especially when there are contributions from all of the nearly 30 players on the roster. That is exactly what happened when the Newtown High School b...

Newtown High School's girls' lacrosse team beat host St Joseph of Trumbull 17-7 on May 6. The Nighthawks lost 18-8 at Conard of West Hartford on May 9, and topped visiting Weston 16-5 on Senior Night, May 12. In the win over St Joseph, Elise Ansman w...

Newtown High School's boys' volleyball team defeated host Brookfield 3-1 (25-19, 25-18, 23-25, 25-12) on May 6 and dropped 3-0 decisions to visiting Joel Barlow of Redding on May 7 and visiting Pomperaug of Southbury on May 11. In the win over Brookf...

A former Newtown police officer filed a lawsuit on May 6 against the Newtown Police Department (NPD), alleging the Department’s Police Chief, David Kullgren, of discrimination and retaliation. The complaint, filed by former NPD Officer Felicia Figol,...

To The Editor: Please come out and vote in favor of the Town and School Budgets on May 19th at the Middle School. The budgets have now been strictly scrutinized by four Town boards twice. The voters have spoken and the Town boards have listened. Now...

To The Editor: I am writing as a retired RN with over 48 years of experience. Over three quarters of that was hospice care. The following are questions I have for the Commission on Aging (COA): Newtown COA has supported MAID (Medical Assistance in ...

To The Editor: The recent confusion surrounding the bonding approval item left off the referendum highlights the need for greater clarity around Newtown’s established procedures for capital projects. It seems some people were relying on workarounds ...

To The Editor: We all share the goal of providing a strong education for our children. However, the current Board of Education budget is not sustainable and will place an increasing burden on taxpayers. It is important to understand that under Conn...

To The Editor: The so-called “cuts” approved by the Legislative Council this week were not substantive “cuts” at all — just small reductions to the $5,800,000 in increases to the previous budget referendum which failed. As a member of the Legislati...