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Published: Apr 26, 2019 at 02:35 PM
To the Editor:
I have an alternate suggestion for Newtown pickleball courts.
The tennis court closest to the pickleball court at Treadwell Park could be converted into four pickleball courts. Four pickleball courts normally are spaced lengthwise into...
Published: Apr 26, 2019 at 08:00 AM
Newtown Historical Society will host its next program at C.H. Booth Library on Monday, May 6.
Jason Scaputicci knows that while much of the general public is familiar with one airship — the Hindenburg — there is a rich an fascinating history of attem...
Published: Apr 26, 2019 at 08:00 AM
Occupation: I am currently an associate professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Western Connecticut State University. I’ve been there for six years, having started in January 2013. I received a bachelor’s in biolog...
Updated: May 06, 2019 at 10:57 AM
Correction: The times listed for the runners were inaccurate and reflected their 40K times; the article has been updated with final race times.
Highlighted by a fast finish from Cory Benson, who was ninth in the 60-64 age group, Newtown/Sandy Ho...
Published: Apr 26, 2019 at 07:50 AM
On Sunday, May 5, the Someday Cinema Series will screen Albert Brooks’s comedy Mother (1996) at 4 and 7 pm, at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street. The matinee will be subtitled for the hearing impaired. Tickets for either screening are $3 each.
On the ...
Published: Apr 26, 2019 at 07:45 AM
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.
Curtiss is ...
Updated: Apr 26, 2019 at 09:43 AM
Reed Intermediate School’s musical James and the Giant Peach Jr is set to be staged next weekend, May 3 and 4, at the school, 3 Trades Lane, and Director Twyla Hafermann says the students have been working hard.
“It has been an amazing experience wor...
Published: Apr 26, 2019 at 07:30 AM
On Saturday, April 13, dozens of friends and family members of the Battle of the Books teams came out to show their support at the 15th annual Battle of the Books at the C.H. Booth Library.
After four rounds of challenging questions, the library had ...
Published: Apr 26, 2019 at 07:20 AM
Trinity Episcopal Church will host “Bernstein At 100,” the spring concert of Connecticut Choral Society, on Saturday, May 4. A performance of uplifting Broadway music to celebrate the musical genius of Leonard Bernstein will begin at 7 pm.
The concer...
Published: Apr 26, 2019 at 07:15 AM
The Ashurst Academy of Irish Dance, with studios in Newtown and Danbury, was proud to send two solo qualifiers and a team to the World Irish Dance Championships last week.
The event, traditionally held in Ireland but this year in Greensboro, N.C., Ap...
