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To the Editor: The Newtown Environmental Action Team (NEAT) would like to thank the people of Newtown for coming out and showing their support for the hybrid plastic bag ban ordinance that was passed into law on June 5. We would also like to thank th...

Boy Scout Bear Nikitchyuk, of Troop 770, is embarking on a colorful conservation project to help reduce crayons ending up in landfills. The environmentally conscious 15-year-old is seeking broken, used, and unwanted crayons, so he can recycle the pie...

A developer’s proposal to create zoning regulations, which would provide for a “commercial design district” in Sandy Hook in the area near the Exit 11 interchange of Interstate 84, with the intent of building a restaurant with drive-through window se...

Occupation: I’m a network administrator for Western Connecticut Health Network and have been there for 26 years. I’m responsible for the network that interconnects all the computers. I’m part of a team that does that. Family: I’ve been marrie...

Newtown Lions Club is planning to host a third blood drive in town this year. An American Red Cross Blood Drive is scheduled for Tuesday, July 2, from 8:30 am until 6:30 pm, at Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street. The local Lions Club hoste...

RIDGEFIELD — For the close of its first full season, ACT of Connecticut has produced a rousing, irresistible rendition of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, with music and lyrics by William Flynn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, and conceived by Re...

RIDGEFIELD — The Ridgefield Theater Barn has chosen to stage the riveting One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, for its summer fare. Directed by Kevin Sosbe, this production puts the audience on a careeni...

A section of Mt Pleasant Road near Johnnie Cake Lane was closed to through-traffic for several hours on Saturday, June 8, as police investigated a serious two-vehicle head-on collision. Police said motorist Joseph Matthews, 31, of Naugatuck was drivi...

State police report a motor vehicle accident that involved six SUVs colliding on eastbound Interstate 84 on the evening of Friday, June 7. Fifteen people overall were involved in the 6:46 pm collision. One male driver and his female passenger, both f...

Community Center Director Matthew Ariniello is hoping to have keys in-hand for the new facility currently being built at Fairfield Hills. Eagerly anticipating the new community and senior center facility scheduled to open this summer, the new constru...