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Published: Aug 09, 2019 at 06:00 AM
A former and current Connecticut Attorney General are calling for stepped-up FDA scrutiny after a Yale University study was released July 30 tying the hugely popular Juul tobacco vaping system to new health concerns.
US Senator and former Connecticut...
Published: Aug 08, 2019 at 05:05 PM
South Main Collision
A two-vehicle collision occurred near 98 South Main Street about 5:17 pm on August 7.
Police said motorist Lazaro Gomez-Diaz, 34, of Bridgeport, who was driving a 2016 Nissan Sentra sedan southward, stopped the vehicle, afte...
Updated: Aug 15, 2019 at 09:20 AM
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, August 1: 12:59 pm, sick/unknown; 6:27 pm, sick/unknown; 6:48 pm, chest ...
Published: Aug 08, 2019 at 04:30 PM
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. But whose will triumphs, and which way will the development of Fairfield Hills go?
While the final report of the Fairfield Hills Master Plan Review Committee issued earlier this summer stresses the deterioration a...
Updated: Aug 08, 2019 at 10:06 AM
It had been more than 50 years since a Connecticut soccer team won the United States Adult Soccer Association National Amateur Championship. Newtown Pride FC put the state back on the national map this past weekend, and the team is looking forward to...
Updated: Aug 07, 2019 at 04:22 PM
Lois Bray Heyde, 82, died peacefully on Saturday, August 3, 2019, with family by her side. Lois was born January 6, 1937, in Nashville, Tenn. She spent part of her childhood living in Germany and Japan, where her father — a Master Sergeant in the Uni...
Updated: Aug 07, 2019 at 09:59 AM
A vigil is being planned for Thursday evening to honor the victims of the country’s most recent mass shootings and others killed by gun violence.
Moms Demand Action, Newtown Action Alliance, Connecticut Against Gun Violence, and Sandy Hook Promise ar...
Published: Aug 07, 2019 at 08:00 AM
The Atlantic hurricane season runs June 1 to November 30, with the majority of New England hurricanes striking in August and September.
Hurricanes are massive storm systems that form over warm ocean waters and move toward land.
Potential threats of d...
Published: Aug 07, 2019 at 08:00 AM
Laughing and splashing in the bright blue water were Michele Hunt and children Jackson Hunt and Reagan Clement. The three enjoyed Newtown’s newest pool at the recently-opened Community Center and Senior Center facility in Fairfield Hills. Since its r...
Updated: Aug 06, 2019 at 02:22 PM
A Water Safety Week initiative is planned for August 19-22 at Newtown Community Center, 8 Simpson Street. The free children’s water safety program, open to ages 3-10, will provide water safety education and swimming skills.
Four 60-minute sessions wi...