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Published: Dec 12, 2019 at 10:00 AM
There was virtually no break for town crews wrapping up this season’s scheduled road repairs and resurfacing work as they were called to respond to a protracted winter storm that walloped the region between December 1-3.
As town highway workers geare...
Updated: Dec 12, 2019 at 10:15 AM
For three consecutive nights, neighbors, friends, and loved ones gathered in different areas in town to witness tree lightings that marked the start of the holiday season for many.
“Welcome to the 35th tree lighting at Ram Pasture,” Diana Johnson, a ...
Updated: Dec 13, 2019 at 01:55 PM
Three of Newtown’s houses of worship will host memorial services this weekend commemorating the seventh anniversary of 12/14.
On Friday, December 13, Congregation Adath Israel will hold its annual memorial service during Friday evening Shabbat servic...
Updated: Dec 16, 2019 at 04:47 PM
This obituary has been updated from the original publication that appeared last week.
Richard Raymond Rau, 91, of Bluffton, S.C., formerly of Newtown, Connecticut, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at Veterans Victory House in Walterboro...
Updated: Dec 11, 2019 at 02:49 PM
The second snow of the season left Newtown covered with a few inches of fresh precipitation before moving out of the area by mid-Wednesday morning.
Newtown received an average of 3.6 inches of snow, based on recordings from four National Weather Ser...
Published: Dec 11, 2019 at 09:48 AM
To The Editor:
The Newtown Choral Society played to a capacity crowd last Saturday when we presented our holiday concert at the Meeting House, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, a cantata by Matthew Harris.
Our director, Mary Andreotta, led us in singing ...
Published: Dec 11, 2019 at 09:46 AM
To the Editor:
This past weekend, Friends of the C.H. Booth Library sponsored our 16th annual Holiday Gift Sale to benefit the C.H. Booth Library. Holiday cheer prevailed as many shoppers purchased gifts for their friends and family. This generous co...
Published: Dec 11, 2019 at 09:45 AM
To the Editor:
On behalf of the C.H. Booth Library, I would like to thank the Town & Country Garden Club, the Garden Club of Newtown, all those who donated trees to the Festival of Trees, and Newtown Youth Family Services volunteers for helping to st...
Updated: Dec 11, 2019 at 09:55 AM
Saturday, December 14, marks the seventh anniversary of the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school that resulted in the deaths of twenty children, six educators, and a town that has been changed forever.
On Friday, December 13, Congregatio...
Updated: Dec 11, 2019 at 05:38 AM
Newtown Public Schools will have a three hour delayed start for Wednesday, December 11, due to the weather.
The announcement was made early Wednesday morning.
