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Published: Jul 26, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Following extensive discussion at a July 18 public hearing, Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) members in a 4-to-1 vote modified an existing special zoning permit for a controversial proposal to increase the number of rental apartment buildings plann...
Published: Jul 26, 2019 at 07:00 AM
The first session of Newtown Continuing Education’s SMART (Summer Music and Art) Camp wrapped up on Friday, July 19.
Throughout the afternoon, children and their families collected crafts the campers had made during the two weeks, including artwork, ...
Updated: Jul 26, 2019 at 07:51 AM
Newtown Legislative Council Ordinance Committee Chairman Ryan Knapp has been barraged with questions since the full council recently voted to enact a plastic bag ban around the same time the Connecticut legislature passed a law phasing out plastic ba...
Published: Jul 26, 2019 at 07:00 AM
“Any baby news yet?”
If ever there was a catchphrase around 5 Church Hill Road, that was it as the work week began. Alex and Scudder Baggett watched as Alex’s due date of July 22 came and went… Then finally we heard the good news on Tuesday: Publishe...
Published: Jul 26, 2019 at 06:00 AM
About 30 minutes into a July 23 Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) information session related to a permit renewal for a water skiing slalom course on Lake Zoar, it became clear that most attendees were enthusiastically supporting...
Published: Jul 26, 2019 at 12:00 AM
A proposal to construct a new police station at 191 South Main Street, about 2.7 miles south of the existing police station at 3 Main Street, has gained site development plan approval from the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z), following a public he...
Published: Jul 25, 2019 at 04:30 PM
Rising out of numerous public forums and scrutinization of options by those appointed to the commissions and committees charged with bringing this multi-million dollar project to fruition — a challenging task as gifter General Electric required that ...
Published: Jul 25, 2019 at 04:00 PM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, July 18: 7:17 am, medical assist, Toddy Hill Road, Botsford responded; 7:42 am, vehic...
Published: Jul 25, 2019 at 12:25 PM
To the Editor:
Is there anyone else out there that wonders why the paving job on Rt 84 is taking months to complete? The joke is the signs they put up alerting travelers to the ramp closings which have never happened at Exit 10 Westbound and didn’t h...
Updated: Jul 25, 2019 at 01:57 PM
William J. Pundy of Vero Beach, Fla., formerly of Newtown and Southbury, died June 1, 2019, after a short illness. William was born December 21, 1937, to Harry Pundy and Ethel Jiroudak Pundy. He worked for Metro North and New York, New Haven, and Har...
