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Position: Reporter Duties: Coverage of police, court, prison, and fire news; land use regulation, development/conservation, and infrastructure topics; news photography. Fun fact: Liberal arts education including English, history, philosop...

The Newtown Senior Center celebrated Mother’s Day early with its annual lunch and bingo on the afternoon of Friday, May 10. Earlier in the day, Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Ladies Auxiliary members brought decorative handmade jars that were e...

A development firm is seeking Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) approval to connect a planned 29-unit condominium complex on Mt Pleasant Road to the central municipal sanitary sewer system. Michael Zemola, a senior land development manager for Toll Broth...

Dogs and cats are not the only creatures getting to call the Brian J. Silverlieb Animal Care and Control Center their current residence. Families of birds have moved to the Old Farm Road neighborhood, thanks to more than a dozen outdoor birdhouses pl...

Update: The SWC semifinal game between Newtown and Masuk will take place at Stratford's DeLuca Field on Tuesday, May 21, starting at 5 pm. Newtown High School’s softball team jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the opening inning and fended off visiting...

Just as quickly as the skies opened up and rain appeared to arrive in time to accompany visiting Pomperaug of Southbury in washing Newtown High School’s South-West Conference title hopes away, the Nighthawks seemed to find new life in the May 20 semi...

Occupation: I’m a retired home economics teacher. When that subject was eliminated from the curriculum, I was asked to run a computer lab in Stamford for about 15 years. It was really interesting to learn about computer in the ‘90s, and I enjoyed...

Helen Bronk-Akerstrom, 95, of Southbury, previously of Newtown, died peacefully with her family by her side, at home, on Monday, May 6. She was born in Reading, Mass., on August 19, 1923, daughter of the late David and Elizabeth (Cotter) Walsh. Helen...

Bernardo (Bernie) Rey, of Danbury, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019, at Danbury Hospital, surrounded by his wonderful family and his very special friends of many years. Bernie was born on March 30, 1938, and was the son of Emiliano and Sylvia Rey. ...

To the Editor: To his grandkids, he was “Big Bill.” To those of us who called him friend, he was just “Bill.” But Bill Denlinger, who lived, worked, and served his community of Newtown for more than 50 years, held numerous titles during that generous...