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Published: Jul 09, 2019 at 07:00 AM
It has been years since Newtown sought a review and upgraded municipal bond rating from Moody’s Investors Service.
The main reason for that, according to Town Finance Director Robert Tait, is because having a Aa1 rating — one step down from a perfect...
Published: Jul 08, 2019 at 04:40 PM
Irwin J. Miller died on Saturday, July 6, 2019, in Norwalk. He was born on February 19, 1926, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Bertha and Philip Miller. Irwin and his wife of 71 years, Vivian Berger Miller, moved to Stamford in 1960 and raised their family ther...
Published: Jul 08, 2019 at 07:30 AM
If the smell of food was not enough to draw students to visit three Reed Intermediate School clusters participating in this year’s June 5 Kindness Carts effort, the sounds of cheer and excitement certainly did the trick.
“Get your pretzels!” student ...
Published: Jul 08, 2019 at 07:00 AM
It is one thing to try and save the world, but Newtown resident Sean Fitzpatrick decided to start with his own little corner of it.
Mr Fitzpatrick is a classic example of someone who saw a specific need in his own community — that on any given day, a...
Published: Jul 08, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Kenneth Miller may only be 8 years old, but he is already becoming a strong voice for pollinators across the world.
For his third year, Kenneth has participated in Protect Our Pollinators’ poster challenge to celebrate National Pollinator Week, which...
Published: Jul 07, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Paul Epperly of Maplewood at Newtown was among five Maplewood residents across Connecticut awarded the CALA Resident Accomplishment Award for 2019.
The Connecticut Assisted Living Association (CALA) bestows the award annually to outstanding senior re...
Published: Jul 07, 2019 at 07:00 AM
You might say that the correctional career of Amonda Hannah has come full circle.
Twenty-five years ago, in August 1994, in her first post with the state Department of Correction (DOC), Ms Hannah worked as a correctional counselor at Garner Correctio...
Published: Jul 06, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Middle Gate Elementary School fourth grade teacher Linda Baron ran a Flag Day assembly on June 10, and students and special guests were treated to history lessons about the Stars and Stripes.
“We’re here to learn about Flag Day and the Flag Day holid...
Published: Jul 06, 2019 at 07:00 AM
“We have a lot of everything,” Toni Earnshaw, publicity chair for the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library (Friends), said while surrounded by stacks of books in one of the group’s sorting rooms.
The selection around her was just a small glimpse into th...
Published: Jul 06, 2019 at 07:00 AM
A prompt from the C.H. Booth Library web page says, “We want to hear from you about what you’d like to see happen at the library in the next few years.”
Welcoming community feedback Monday afternoon, July 1, at a Listening Session was Library Directo...
