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Updated: Aug 27, 2019 at 10:32 AM
Correction: This article has been updated with the correct date of the 2020 event (July 29).
This summer marked the 94th year of Chincoteague’s annual Pony Swim. The Chincoteague Pony Swim was made famous by Marguerite Henry’s book Misty of Chi...
Published: Aug 26, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Newtown Savings Bank is great about bundling financial services for its clients, but the bank’s executives are pretty good at finding ways to bundle activities together to support and showcase their customers, as well.
Case in point: the August 14 “c...
Updated: Aug 26, 2019 at 03:17 PM
Just past 7:30 am on Saturday, August 24, Newtown Police discovered anti-semitic graffiti on the front and side walls of the Adath Israel Synagogue, 115 Huntingtown Road, during routine building checks.
According to the Newtown Police Department Face...
Published: Aug 24, 2019 at 08:00 AM
Newtown will hosts its longstanding end-of-summer celebration on Monday, September 2, when most residents participate in or view The 58th Annual Labor Day Parade.
One of the largest Labor Day parades in the state, the event will step off at 10 am fro...
Published: Aug 24, 2019 at 07:30 AM
With the start of a new school year only days away and brief showers outside throughout the day on Wednesday, August 21, moms Michelle Meade and Anna Lawlor agreed they were “just spending a rainy day at the pool” with their sons — while also “in den...
Published: Aug 24, 2019 at 07:00 AM
If former longtime Newtown resident Joseph Ratyna appeared on a movie poster, the snippets of reviews surrounding his image would include statements like: “A perfect gentleman,” “Patient and kind,” “Well-liked,” “Accommodating and dedicated,” and “He...
Updated: Aug 26, 2019 at 09:21 AM
At an author program at C.H. Booth Library on Saturday, August 17, children’s author Dori Marx presented to a group of children examples of her published work, describing in detail the creative approach she uses in writing books that appeal to youths...
Published: Aug 24, 2019 at 07:00 AM
From the storied street corners that birthed early doo wop vocal groups of the late 1950s to the polished rock star productions of contemporary global phenoms like Pentatonix, groups relying on the world’s oldest instrument — the human voice — have a...
Published: Aug 23, 2019 at 02:00 PM
Summer travels have led Newtown High School social studies teacher Rachel Torres to being excited for the 2019-20 school year: She documented traveling to Lithuania and Poland while learning about the Holocaust.
Ms Torres kept track of her travels th...
Updated: Aug 23, 2019 at 01:02 PM
Kindergarten students across Newtown got a taste of school on August 23, ahead of the start of the 2019-20 school year on August 26.
Newtown Public School district kindergarten students all had the opportunity to ride a bus to school on August 23 thr...
