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Executive Director Matt Ariniello has announced that a ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 10 am on Friday, July 19, to officially open the Newtown Community Center and the new Senior Center. “We are looking forward to opening our doors to the c...

July 29, 1994 Emergency service workers quickly responded to a chemical problem July 22 at the Treadwell Park swimming pool, an incident which saw more than 20 children transported to Danbury Hospital for medical check-ups as a precaution. All c...

For its July 18 meeting, the Planning & Zoning Commission has scheduled public hearings on two commercial development projects now underway in different parts of town. Covered Bridge Newtown LLC, which is constructing Covered Bridge Apartments at 9 C...

UPDATE  (Friday, July 12, 2019; 5:19 pm): This story has been updated to indicate that all animals that had been in the barn at Long Meadow Farm survived. The family who was living in the barn's apartment initially feared their cat had perished. ...

Residents will have an opportunity to review plans for a new police station, which is proposed for construction at 191 South Main Street/61 Pecks Lane, when the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) holds a public hearing on the $15.1-million project....

There is an old saying: “Don’t cry over spilled milk.” Local officials are taking a similar position over some water that was leaking from both of the huge municipal swimming pools that were recently filled at the new Community Center. Since the leak...

Occupation: I started out at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) in Boston. I was doing a dual degree there at Tufts with psych. I was a sculpture major. My artistic thesis was always centered around psych, integrating how to get the aud...

“Oohs” and “ahhs” were actually heard in one of Reed Intermediate School’s classrooms late Tuesday morning, when the 44th Annual Friends of the C.H. Booth Library (Friends) Book Sale 2019 T-shirt was unveiled to volunteers. This year’s design by Newt...

A line of cars emerged from Old Farm Road and crested over the dirt hill at the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation’s (CVHF) animal sanctuary on the afternoon of July 2. Inside the vehicles were members of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s (Col...

The feeling of putting hands in the dirt while getting fresh air is something that perhaps brings older gardeners back to their youthful days of playing outside and getting messy without a care. At the same time, they can accomplish multiple things: ...