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Updated: Sep 19, 2019 at 12:24 PM
One advantage to practice over game play is repetition. For Newtown High School’s field hockey team, they got quite the practice-like experience in their season-opener, a 5-0 blanking of visiting Watertown, at Treadwell Park on September 12.
The Nigh...
Updated: Sep 19, 2019 at 12:23 PM
In a rematch of last year’s South-West Conference girls’ soccer title game, won by Newtown, the host Nighthawks and Pomperaug of Southbury Panthers finished in a 1-1 tie under the lights at Blue & Gold Stadium on September 12.
Newtown fell behind 1-0...
Published: Sep 19, 2019 at 08:25 AM
Sandy Hook Promise wants people to “know the signs.” It launched a new public service announcement on September 18, and co-founder and Managing Director Mark Barden hopes people will be inspired to help prevent tragedies.
“Lives are at stake, and it ...
Published: Sep 18, 2019 at 02:15 PM
Jane E. McGuire (née Lanigan), age 89, a resident of Newtown for 45 years, died September 16, 2019, after a short illness. Jane was the devoted wife of her husband of 56 years, Bob. Jane was the loving mother of her daughter, Ellen, and sons, Robert ...
Published: Sep 18, 2019 at 11:25 AM
3/30/96 to 9/17/98
Our Precious Angel
Twenty-one years, so many tears,
Always in our thoughts,
Forever in our hearts.
Published: Sep 18, 2019 at 11:20 AM
Constance H. Schoonmaker, age 93, of Newtown, passed away peacefully in her home after a brief illness on August 23, 2019. She was the daughter of Luther M. Howe and Edith Chellis of Wakefield, Mass.
She was predeceased by her sister, Madeline Seland...
Published: Sep 18, 2019 at 10:25 AM
To the Editor:
Deb Zukowski is just the right person for our Board of Education. She has lived in Newtown for more than 15 years and has been volunteering in the community almost since she arrived. Both of her daughters graduated from Newtown High Sc...
Published: Sep 18, 2019 at 10:20 AM
To the Editor:
Hello Newtown! We here at (soon to open) ‘NewSylum Brewing’ on the Fairfield Hills Campus, would like to take this time to tell you a bit about ourselves. Of course we know that most of you just want to know when we’ll be open! On that ...
Published: Sep 18, 2019 at 09:00 AM
Gone are the simple days of counting sheep to aid in falling asleep. Today’s older adults are experiencing a wide range of sleep problems keeping them up at night, and it is affecting their functioning during the day.
With sleep deprivation being a p...
Published: Sep 18, 2019 at 08:25 AM
To the Editor:
It’s hard to believe that the Firehouse Ride has been successfully generating thousands of dollars towards the Newtown Hook & Ladder Fire Department for ten years now — considering the conception of the ride was the brainstorm idea of ...
