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NOTE (Friday, April 5): Due to impending weather, Newtown Parks & Recreation has announced The Flashlight Egg Hunt is being postponed 24 hours, to Saturday, April 6, at 8 pm.  * * * * * Dust off your flashlights and join the 15th Annual ...

The Newtown Winter Guard teams performed at the Musical Arts Conference (MAC) competition on Saturday, March 23, at Norwalk High School. The Varsity Winter Guard took third place at the event, and the Junior Varsity Winter Guard took first place. The...

BRIDGEPORT — The area’s largest College Fair will be held Thursday, April 4, from 4 to 8 pm, at The Webster Bank Arena, 600 Main Street. The Southern Connecticut College Fair will give high school students the opportunity to see more than 200 college...

Laurie Lynne, owner of Laurie Lynne’s Jewelry and Creative Girl Studios, taught the C.H. Booth Library’s “Make Clay Beads and Charms” class in the Meeting Room on March 25. The program was available for grades six through twelve and gave students the...

Never one to turn their backs on an animal or resident in need, the Newtown Animal Control Center staff took in 20 owner-surrendered cats earlier this month. With so many cats at the shelter, and more anticipated to be surrendered, the group is need ...

Sandy Hook Elementary School recently began its Tournament of Books competition to promote student reading. Cynthia McArthur, the school’s Language Arts consultant, said that they have started with a batch of books they are calling the “Sweet 16” and...

Donations for FAITH Food Pantry were collected at Carpino Funeral Home last week during the calling hours and celebration of life for the late Judi Richardson. Mrs Richardson’s oldest granddaughter, Alicia, had issued a request shortly before her gra...

BRIDGEPORT — Lawyers for survivors of some of the Sandy Hook School shooting victims, who are plaintiffs in an ongoing defamation lawsuit against internet conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, are seeking to have Jones disclose his firm’s internal e-mails ...

DANBURY — Talking in person to Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner and his God Help Us co-star and Newtown resident Anthony DePoto reveals two distinct personality types that are easy to imagine playing opposite each other on stage with colleague Karen Robin...

Following review at a March 21 Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) meeting, P&Z members unanimously endorsed a range of referrals from the Board of Selectmen on planned municipal capital improvement projects. Rob Sibley, town deputy planning directo...