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Published: Jan 27, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Newtown High School’s (NHS) Unified Theater program performed its original play The Threads of Friendship on Friday, January 9 and Saturday, January 10 in the high school’s auditorium.
The Threads of Friendship told the story of two girls, Anna and M...
Published: Jan 27, 2026 at 07:00 AM
The town in December settled an FOIA complaint regarding public access to Planning & Zoning meetings filed by resident and Newtown Conservation Coalition founder Dave Ackert.
Ackert says he filed the complaint after two meetings in April 2025 where ...
Published: Jan 27, 2026 at 07:00 AM
January is National Walk Your Dog Month, and Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary encourages Newtown residents to visit the 34-acre site at 8 Commerce Road, but the staff has a reminder for visitors they want to highlight.
Jenny Hubbard, preside...
Published: Jan 26, 2026 at 07:30 AM
Middle Gate Elementary School’s fourth grade chorus delighted family and friends with its winter concert, titled “Will There Be A Snow Day?,” on Monday, January 12.
Held at Newtown High School, the concert saw dozens of parents, caretakers, and sibli...
Published: Jan 26, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Struck Amazon Delivery Truck
Newtown Police report Vanegas Fajardo, 19, of Danbury, operating a 2017 Honda Civic, was traveling westbound on Sugar Street at 8:34 pm December 7. He was traveling behind a 2024 Amazon delivery truck operated by Mic...
Published: Jan 26, 2026 at 07:00 AM
On Tuesday, January 13, members of the Nuvance Health team visited Newtown Senior Center to talk about Parkinson’s disease and the stigma surrounding it head-on. Alyson Iolin and Olivia Longo, two occupational therapists for Nuvance Health, presented...
Published: Jan 26, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Most Americans did not know the word “semiquincentennial” in 2025 — but they will in 2026. The term, meaning “half of 500,” marks the 250th anniversary of the United States, which will occur on July 4, 2026.
With that milestone approaching, a broad c...
Published: Jan 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Police Department, at a swearing in ceremony on Friday, January 16, swore in two new young officers, as well as a veteran from another force, and at the same time promoted one of its own officers.
Officer Timothy Schoen was promoted to the r...
Published: Jan 24, 2026 at 08:00 AM
Newtown Historical Society has been offered a chance to buy two outstanding manuscripts relating to the town’s history. One is a 104-page account book kept by Thomas Toucey (also spelled Tousey), the town’s first settled minister, and later the town’...
Published: Jan 24, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Newtown High School’s wrestling team competed against top state teams from elsewhere in Connecticut as well as Vermont, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island at the Colter Abely Tournament in Middletown on January 17.
The tournament follows a Journeyman-st...
