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Three completely different types of games, three outcomes that were exactly the same: Wins. Newtown High School’s baseball team followed up a 10-0 rout of host Pomperaug of Southbury on April 17 with a 4-3 walk-off victory over visiting Kolbe Cathedr...

To the Editor: On Wednesday, June 6, 2001, close to 1,000 citizens gathered in the Newtown High School auditorium and voted in favor to approve bonding for the purchase of the Fairfield Hills property. The idea then was to “save Fairfield Hills for N...

To the Editor: The Stop & Shop strike is over, and after 11 days, some 31,000 workers have returned to their jobs. The union’s achievements are apparently satisfactory, but that judgement will have to await ratification by all the locals in the three...

To the Editor: My name is Chad Sinanian. I’m a gung-ho, hard-charging, dedicated, and compassionate advocate for adolescents and adults with disabilities. I’ve work at Ability Beyond as a consumer advocate since January 1994. I’ve served on the Conne...

To the Editor: As part of the town’s ownership of the Fairfield Hills campus, the Planning and Zoning Commission requires that we review and possibly update the Master Plan of Development for the campus every five years. To that end, last August, the...

Name: Eliza Hallabeck Title: Education Reporter Duties: Covering education news in Newtown, both in the schools and at Board of Education meetings. Other duties include weekend coverage, writing general stories, video editing, coordinatin...

UPDATE (April 24, 2019): This story has been updated with additional comments from Parks & Recreation officials and the Board of Finance Chair that were received after the initial posting of this report.  An incorrect reference to a Sandy Hook c...

The second annual Run4Hunger-Newtown, benefiting FAITH Food Pantry, will take place on Saturday, May 11, on the campus of Fairfield Hills. The race starts at 8:30 am, with on-site registration beginning at 7 am. Those interested in running or donatin...

Newtown High School’s softball team got back into the win column with an offensive outburst — two dozen runs to be exact — against visiting Kolbe Cathedral of Bridgeport on April 18. The Nighthawks swung heavy bats en route to a 24-2 triumph over the...

It doesn’t seem to matter who Newtown High School’s volleyball team plays. The Nighthawks improved to 9-0 overall, posting their sixth and seventh 3-0 triumphs with wins over FCIAC teams, host Danbury on April 17 and visiting Trumbull the next day. I...