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Updated: Aug 09, 2020 at 09:15 PM
First Selectman Dan Rosenthal was very clear in his latest post-Tropical Storm Isaias CodeRED message: the utility charged with providing electricity to Newtown continues to fail with restoration. This time, he said, the utility’s efforts are not onl...
Updated: Aug 09, 2020 at 08:22 AM
Even with heavy renovations currently underway, the phrase “what’s old is new again” does not do justice to the amazing renovations that are breathing new life into the former Inn at Newtown.
The historic and long-vacated facility with its former Pro...
Published: Aug 09, 2020 at 08:00 AM
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Updated: Aug 08, 2020 at 07:46 PM
To the Editor:
My granddaughter, Maya, graduated from Mount Holyoke College this May, without a celebration with a rejoicing band of colleagues; they all were sent home with Covid barking at their heels.
What a profoundly different reality we are exp...
Updated: Aug 10, 2020 at 10:42 AM
UPDATE (Sunday, August 9, 2020): This story has been update to reflect who responded to the August 8 incident in Pootatuck Park .
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Four days after Tropical Storm Isaias, just about 50 percent of Newtown remains without electricity.
Ev...
Updated: Aug 08, 2020 at 04:10 PM
To the Editor:
Since our Rally 4 Change event in June, almost 2,000 people have signed our Pledge and Call for Action petition. The 1,226 members of Newtown Allies For Change pledge to call out racism and microaggressions at all times. Therefore, in ...
Updated: Aug 08, 2020 at 04:08 PM
To the Editor:
One problem this pandemic has exposed is that there’s little support for parents and caregivers in our country. I remember how difficult it was as a working single parent to find child care. The burden of caregiving falls primarily on ...
Updated: Aug 08, 2020 at 04:20 PM
Newtown is readying for sports to begin again, following the release of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s (CIAC) 2020-21 Fall Sports Plan.
Matt Memoli, Newtown’s athletic director, said the district will be using the newly release...
Updated: Aug 10, 2020 at 10:00 AM
UPDATE (Monday, August 10, 2020): This story has been updated to reflect that the water being made available at three firehouses is potable.
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Within hours of Tropical Storm Isaias moving through the community on August 4 — leaving ...
Published: Aug 08, 2020 at 07:00 AM
While distracted driving enforcement is heightened during targeted campaigns like one launching this week, a Newtown traffic safety scientist believes Connecticut and the nation will have to ratchet up enforcement as he worries behaviors like texting...
