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A film that began life as a Christmas season hit in 1983 and has continued with annual 24-hour television screenings centered around December 25, will return to the big screen in Newtown this month. Another Christmas film will also be brought back fo...

Newtown resident Jim Spinner is alive and well, and there are several individuals responsible for that after coming to his rescue this past summer. On Sunday, December 8, the men and women who joined efforts and reacted diligently to save his life we...

The Class LL state championship game seemed destined for overtime. Newtown High School’s football team had the ball at the Darien 36 yard line with three seconds left and the game even at 7-7. Then one of the more dramatic finishes in Connecticut championship history occurred.

Newtown High's football team captured the Class LL state championship on the last play of regulation. QB Jack Street connected with Riley Ward to win the game. Final: NHS 13, Darien 7. See video of the deciding score and celebration here.

Seven years to the day after 12/14, about 80 people gathered on the morning of Saturday, December 14, at Newtown Congregational Church for an Interfaith Gathering of Remembrance where they sought the support of others in addressing their grief. Those...

Wreaths and other greens decorated the center aisle at Newtown Meeting House on December 7 when The Garden Club of Newtown hosted its annual Holiday Greens Sale. The annual club fundraiser also had decorated cookies and other baked goods available fo...

The Rotary Club of Newtown welcomed more than 650 people to its 59th Annual Pancake Breakfast, which was co-hosted with Newtown Parks & Recreation, on Saturday, December 7. David Freedman, president of The Rotary Club of Newtown, said the Pancake Bre...

Newtown Choral Society serenaded an audience at Newtown Meeting House with myriad seasonal songs at its Holiday Concert on December 8. The choir group of more than two dozen singers, led by director Mary Andreotta and accompanied by Susan Anthony-Kle...

One of the first events publicly acknowledging the seven years that have passed since the Sandy Hook tragedy, filled Newtown’s Congregational Church with beautiful, inspiring melodies December 11 as resident Joy Hoffman presented “An Evening of Music...

Newtown's Catie Gregory scored twice, including the game winner in overtime, as the Masuk High School-led co-op girls' hockey team defeated the Notre Dame-Fairfield co-op 4-3 in overtime at The Rinks at Shelton on December 13.