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RIDGEFIELD — The Ridgefield Theater Barn has chosen to stage the riveting One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, for its summer fare. Directed by Kevin Sosbe, this production puts the audience on a careeni...

A section of Mt Pleasant Road near Johnnie Cake Lane was closed to through-traffic for several hours on Saturday, June 8, as police investigated a serious two-vehicle head-on collision. Police said motorist Joseph Matthews, 31, of Naugatuck was drivi...

State police report a motor vehicle accident that involved six SUVs colliding on eastbound Interstate 84 on the evening of Friday, June 7. Fifteen people overall were involved in the 6:46 pm collision. One male driver and his female passenger, both f...

Community Center Director Matthew Ariniello is hoping to have keys in-hand for the new facility currently being built at Fairfield Hills. Eagerly anticipating the new community and senior center facility scheduled to open this summer, the new constru...

If you are looking for something to do at 11 am this coming Monday, June 17, the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library will present acrobat Li Liu, who has performed worldwide, at NBA half time shows, and for the Princess Cruise Lines. The show, at Edmon...

Lisa Yu says she has always dreamed of being a writer and publishing books. A mother of two, she earned a master’s degree in elementary education and then taught first grade for six years before her son was born. That was when she transitioned into a...

It was during the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company annual meeting on June 3 that company members learned their Second Assistant Chief, Andrew Ryan, had been selected as the 2019 Outstanding Member of the Year. Mr Ryan has been a member of S...

While Newtown will end up receiving over a half-million dollars more in state revenues than were budgeted for the local 2019-20 fiscal cycle, Senator Tony Hwang remains incensed over this year's legislative process for completing the $43.4 billion bi...

The agenda was all about paving. The Board of Selectmen learned on June 11 which of Newtown’s roads would be paved this season during a regular meeting that had been rescheduled from June 3. Before that, a quorum of three boards met to approve the ne...

When asked “are good grant writers born or made?,” Newtown resident Anne L. Rothstein, EdD does not hesitate for a moment before firing back her reply: “Made.” It is an ultimate credit to this local educator and grant writer that as of 2019, Dr Roths...