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Updated: May 17, 2019 at 04:23 PM
The Matthew Curtiss House, home of Newtown Historical Society, is one of the oldest buildings on Main Street. It was constructed about 1750 and purchased by Matthew Curtiss in 1781; Curtiss continued to live there until his death in 1824. He is somet...
Updated: May 17, 2019 at 01:29 PM
The ducks are ready!
The 19th Annual Newtown Lions Club Great Pootatuck Duck Race will take place on Saturday, May 25, in Sandy Hook Center.
The event runs from 10 am until 2:30 pm, when thousands of rubber ducks, each numbered to match a raffle tick...
Updated: May 17, 2019 at 01:28 PM
Newtown Choral Society, under the direction of Mary Andreotta and accompanied by Susan Anthony-Klein, will perform “Centuries of Hit Parades” as its spring concert on Saturday, May 18, at 4 pm, at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street.
Tickets are $1...
Published: May 17, 2019 at 07:45 AM
Newtown High School’s top demi-decile students of the 2019 graduating class were honored and surprised at the school on May 10.
Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue and NHS Principal Dr Kimberly Longobucco shared the news with the students af...
Updated: May 17, 2019 at 10:44 AM
Pete Barresi firmly believes there are plenty of opportunities to serve one’s community.
“It’s important to stand up and help others,” the Sandy Hook resident said recently.
Sometimes that means volunteering for a fire company. Other times it means d...
Published: May 17, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Newtown elementary schools held spring concerts between May 1 and May 6. Parents, community members, and fellow students were invited to see each of the events.
Hawley Elementary School and Head O’ Meadow Elementary School both had spring concerts on...
Published: May 17, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Two obsolete bridges in Sandy Hook have been replaced with new wider town spans, both of which are carrying two-way traffic, simplifying motorists’ travel across Curtis Brook and across the Pootatuck River.
A new bridge on Toddy Hill Road that spans ...
Updated: May 17, 2019 at 01:30 PM
Household Hazardous Waste Day is this Saturday, May 18, from 9 am to 2 pm, at the Newtown Public Works site, 4 Turkey Hill Road. Load up your vehicle with all those items of a chemical nature or cans of paint that you cannot otherwise safely disp...
Published: May 17, 2019 at 06:30 AM
May 14 was somewhat bittersweet for Glover Avenue resident Jay Maher.
After decades of service to the Borough of Newtown, within the space of a couple of hours that evening, he saw the borough budget proposal narrowly defeated 30-26 and then took the...
Published: May 17, 2019 at 06:00 AM
A national health controversy over exemptions from childhood vaccinations that lost traction with state lawmakers this session has also cast focus on a local private school has prompted comments from Newtown’s top local health official.
Revised figur...
