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Published: Apr 23, 2021 at 07:00 AM
May 10, 1996
Twenty-nine years after resident Ben Blanchard went to a borough meeting and suggested that a historic district be formed on Main Street, the concept became a reality last week. On the sixth try, residents voted 29.5 [sic] to 1 to f...
Updated: Apr 23, 2021 at 01:40 PM
No one, any year, wants to see an increase in taxes; but particularly after a brutal year of pandemic restrictions and job losses, any increase will be felt by voters as one more blow.
A school budget of $79,697,698 and a municipal budget of $43,521,...
Updated: Apr 23, 2021 at 10:27 AM
Bridget Tara Seaman-Walker, 57, died suddenly, Friday, April 16, at Danbury Hospital.
Bridget had always called Newtown her home. A lifelong resident, born October 9, 1963, she attended St Rose of Lima School and graduated Newtown High School in 1981...
Published: Apr 22, 2021 at 03:05 PM
Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team went on the road and defeated Bunnell of Stratford 16-4 on April 20.
Gia Corso had three goals, and Izzy Butler, Julia Gerace, Ellie Meyer, and Ava Mitchell all had two goals. Butler added two assists.
Elena...
Published: Apr 22, 2021 at 03:00 PM
Newtown High School’s boys’ lacrosse team went to the fourth quarter knotted up at 4-4 with the visiting New Fairfield Rebels on a rainy April 15 night. The rain fell hard, but the Rebels poured it on even more in the final stanza on the way to a 9-4...
Published: Apr 22, 2021 at 03:00 PM
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Updated: Apr 22, 2021 at 02:59 PM
It was a big week in Connecticut as state officials balanced good news about multiple virus related restrictions being lifted and state colleges reopening for increasing in-person learning with the grim notice that the state’s COVID-19 death count to...
Published: Apr 22, 2021 at 02:08 PM
To the Editor:
While the last-minute work done by our town leaders to bring our 2021/22 Budget in-line with last year’s spending is admirable, I’m still voting against it in our upcoming referendum.
It appears many adjustments were made, most of whic...
Published: Apr 22, 2021 at 02:07 PM
To the Editor:
On 2/28/21 my son, Brandon Hensel, was in a fatal car accident. Every parent’s worst fear was now my reality. The doctors and staff at Danbury Hospital did everything they could, but Brandon’s injuries were not survivable; we had to re...
Published: Apr 22, 2021 at 02:06 PM
To the Editor:
Tuesday, Newtown was awarded a great honor. We received the Democracy Cup for the highest voter turnout in a mid-sized town. There are many people that helped make that happen.
The voters, the highway department, the school staff, and ...
