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Updated: May 10, 2019 at 11:17 AM
NOTE (Tuesday, May 7, 2019; 1:59 pm): This story has been updated to include remarks from Hawleyville Fire Chief John Basso and additional information from Fire Marshal Richard Frampton.
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An investigation was underway Tuesday morning f...
Published: May 06, 2019 at 04:45 PM
To the Editor:
On May 4, 22 good people descended on a house on Apple Blossom Lane to help repair it. It was the annual HomeFront project of the Newtown Congregational Church and the Newtown Lions Club. By the end of the day, much had been accomplish...
Published: May 06, 2019 at 04:45 PM
The collapse of a section of six-foot-diameter corrugated metal drainage pipe lying beneath Mile Hill Road has prompted the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to start work on some “high priority repairs” to rectify the problem.
Consequently, t...
Updated: May 07, 2019 at 09:52 AM
To the Editor:
I want to express my personal appreciation, along with that of Aquarion Water Company (AWC), for the volunteers that helped with an Earth Day Project on April 29, on the banks of the Pootatuck River at the Newtown Well Field. Aquarion ...
Published: May 06, 2019 at 12:10 PM
To the Editor:
I read with interest the article about Joe LaCava. He went to Newtown High School with my son, Dan Baker. They both were heavily into golf. Both wanted to work in the golf world. Now Joe caddies for one of the most famous golfers in th...
Published: May 06, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Catherine’s Butterfly Party, a free family festival with pet adoption event, returns Saturday, June 8, from noon to 4 pm, at Fairfield Hills Campus (3 Primrose Street).
The fifth annual community event, hosted by the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal S...
Updated: May 06, 2019 at 04:13 PM
For Newtown Police Captain Chris Vanghele, his officers and supervisors, one of the worst duties is knocking on someone’s door and informing them a loved one is never coming home because they’ve been killed in a traffic collision.
Linda Strickland of...
Published: May 04, 2019 at 08:00 AM
Whether or not you follow golf, chances are you’ve heard at least a bit about the success, failures, and return to the spotlight Tiger Woods has experienced.
From his ultra-successful professional golfing start to his career, through the years in whi...
Published: May 04, 2019 at 08:00 AM
Newtown Winter Percussion competed at the annual WGI (Winter Guard International) World Championships in Dayton, Ohio, for the first time in the history of the program.
During the preliminaries on Thursday, April 11, at the BB&T Arena at Northern Ken...
Published: May 04, 2019 at 08:00 AM
Lathrop School of Dance Director and Owner Diane Wardenburg — known affectionately by many as “Miss Diane” — announced in a letter on April 9 that she will be passing the torch of owner and director to “Miss Tamra” Saric at the end of the 67th Stardu...
