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WOODBURY— Two Newtown-based emergency service units responded early on the morning of Sunday, April 7, to Woodbury to search a pond near Nonnewaug High School where it was thought that the victim or victims of a one-vehicle auto accident might be fou...

Police report an attempted robbery occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, April 6, in the parking lot of a Botsford fast food restaurant. The violent incident sent the victim to the hospital for treatment of injuries. Police received a call requestin...

I was saddened to hear of the death last week of Team 26 Captain David Hoyle, who passed away on April 1. An avid cyclist to say the least, he had been riding since college, was a member of many award-winning teams and programs, and was the executive...

Members of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation (CVHF) visited the Newtown Senior Center for a Lunch & Learn program on March 29. The group shared information about the many opportunities available for the senior community to help get involved, in...

Are there overlapping responsibilities between Newtown’s Assistant School Superintendent and a proposed Director of Teaching and Learning? Why should both of those positions be filled before the next school year starts? In view of declining enrollmen...

Two agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) showed up at the Church Hill Road headquarters of Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) April 8 — and it was cause for celebration. Special Agents Brian Turner and Robert Fuller came up from the FBI’s New ...

Just as the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling prepared to kick off the March Problem Gambling Awareness Month, the Connecticut General Assembly’s Public Safety & Security Committee voted to draft four pieces of legislation concerning sports bet...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, April 4: 12:38 pm, illegal burn/outdoor fire, near intersection of Alpine Drive/Longvi...

Failure To Appear Police report that on the morning of April 9, they arrested Rafael Sisounong Ortiz, 23, of Bridgeport on a warrant, charging him with second-degree failure to appear in court. The charge stems from a January incident in which p...

“Sorry ma’am, we’re closed.” Stop & Shop staff members state-wide went on strike as of 1 pm Thursday afternoon, April 11. Repeating the phrase as shoppers approached the Stop & Shop entrance at 228 South Main Street in Newtown on Thursday afternoon, ...