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Update: The volleyball championship match will be between Newtown and the winner of Joel Barlow and Oxford following a tiebreaker match for second place. The South-West Conference playoffs will begin Thursday, May 16, and Newtown High School's g...

Newtown High School's boys' volleyball team defeated visiting Joel Barlow of Redding 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 29-27), in the second match between the teams this season. Entering the match, Newtown was undefeated and Joel Barlow’s only loss came from the Ni...

Calling all dogs and the people they love! It’s time for the Newtown Park and Bark’s annual Strutt your Mutt event and its very special ten-year anniversary celebration. To commemorate the decade anniversary, residents are invited to participate in t...

To the Editor: Taxpayers ought to have a say about how and why their money is spent. The Borough’s proposed budget was reviewed at its recent meeting, and after dissatisfaction was voiced about a lack of clarity, transparency, and accountability, pro...

Timothy William Bradley, of Canton, passed away at Regional Hospice and Palliative Care in Danbury on May 14, 2019, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was born on April 22, 1947, in his childhood home, to the late LeRoy William and Claribel (Ol...

To the Editor: The C.H. Booth Library will be hosting their second annual Mad Hatter’s Party. As the chairman for the development committee of the C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees, I invite you to this event, as it is an important fundraiser for ...

Bernard Nicholas “Bud” Oliger, 86, of Brewster, Mass., husband of Gisela Oliger, died May 8, at Boston Medical Center. Bud was born January 29, 1933, in Bloomfield, N.J., the son of Bernard Nicholas Oliger, Sr, and Mary Kureska Oliger. Bud grew up in...

In a possible preview of a first- or later-round South-West Conference tournament game, and a contest that factored into earning a first-round home contest, Newtown High School’s softball team pulled away to defeat visiting Stratford 8-1 in a resched...

Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season with four consecutive victories as the Nighthawks followed up a 16-0 triumph over Notre Dame-Fairfield on May 7 with a 16-6 win at Bethel two days later, an 11-5 win over Fairfi...

Newtown High School's boys' tennis team won its last three matches of the season to finish at 6-6 and earn a spot in the state tournament. The Nighthawks edged host New Fairfield 4-3, then blanked visiting Masuk of Monroe 7-0, May 8 and 9. In the win...