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If you are looking for something to do at 11 am this coming Monday, June 17, the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library will present acrobat Li Liu, who has performed worldwide, at NBA half time shows, and for the Princess Cruise Lines. The show, at Edmon...

Lisa Yu says she has always dreamed of being a writer and publishing books. A mother of two, she earned a master’s degree in elementary education and then taught first grade for six years before her son was born. That was when she transitioned into a...

It was during the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company annual meeting on June 3 that company members learned their Second Assistant Chief, Andrew Ryan, had been selected as the 2019 Outstanding Member of the Year. Mr Ryan has been a member of S...

While Newtown will end up receiving over a half-million dollars more in state revenues than were budgeted for the local 2019-20 fiscal cycle, Senator Tony Hwang remains incensed over this year's legislative process for completing the $43.4 billion bi...

The agenda was all about paving. The Board of Selectmen learned on June 11 which of Newtown’s roads would be paved this season during a regular meeting that had been rescheduled from June 3. Before that, a quorum of three boards met to approve the ne...

When asked “are good grant writers born or made?,” Newtown resident Anne L. Rothstein, EdD does not hesitate for a moment before firing back her reply: “Made.” It is an ultimate credit to this local educator and grant writer that as of 2019, Dr Roths...

Speeches were shared, the Newtown High School Chamber Choir and Concert Band performed, and the Class of 2019 wrapped up their high school careers with crisp white diplomas during commencement ceremonies held at Western Connecticut State University’s...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps: Thursday, June 6: 7:42 am, sick/unknown; 1:20 pm, choking; 2:06 pm, stroke; 5:19 p...

The 2018-19 school year came to a close amid rain and brief periods of gusty wind on June 13: It did not stop most of Newtown’s students from smiling. Whether huddling under shared umbrellas or slouched within their pulled-up jackets for cover from t...

After much debate, Newtown will soon implement the single use plastic bag ban plus fee for paper, a stricter law than the recently passed state budget tax of 10-cents per single use plastic bag, beginning in August, which will be followed by a comple...