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Following lengthy discussion at a November 7 meeting, in a 3-to-2 vote, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members did not endorse a developer’s controversial proposal to create two new regulatory mechanisms in the borough zoning regulations in con...

Following a November 7 public hearing, at which a large gas station/convenience store proposed for a vacant 3.7-acre lot at 13 Hawleyville Road (Route 25) drew stiff opposition from the public, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members unanimously...

To the Editor: I want to thank the voters for electing me to the Police Commission. I am looking forward to contributing to the town’s public safety and to learning from, and working with, the other commissioners who have already been volunteering th...

Occupation: My wife Kim Cornell and I have a couple of furniture stores called Stockbridge & Berry. One is in Southbury, and one is in Monroe. We have modern country and farmhouse-style products and anything that has sort of a warm and relaxed el...

While a motor vehicle colliding with a deer is not an unusual event on local roads, a collision involving a vehicle and a black bear is out of the ordinary. As the number of local bear sightings has been increasing in recent years, it seems inevitabl...

The Design Advisory Board (DAB) on Tuesday, November 12, is scheduled to review the architectural and landscaping aspects of a proposed Botsford restaurant expansion project. The DAB session is slated for 7 pm at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street. The...

Nearly $1,000 was raised in the days leading to Halloween thanks to this year’s Great Pumpkin Challenge. The annual event, hosted since 2016 by Trinity Episcopal Church’s youth group, received 93 carved pumpkins for the Halloween display — despite so...

Newtown High School is set to stage William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, November 14 to 17, at the school, 12 Berkshire Road. The production is student-run. Tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, an...

Residents interested in offering their views on a land developer’s controversial proposal to raze the former Inn at Newtown at 19 Main Street and replace it with several buildings comprising a market-rate rental apartment complex will have an opportu...

Beverly “Bev” Bennett-Schaedler has been appointed to lead the Friends of Newtown Seniors’ (FONS) Newtown Chore Service. The service is intended to support Newtown’s Livable Community Aging-In-Place Initiative. A Newtown resident for more than 35 yea...