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Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue shared a letter with school district parents on February 25 reacting to Governor Ned Lamont’s recently delivered budget proposal. The following is Dr Rodrigue’s letter to parents. As you know, [Gov Lamont]...

Rep Raghib Allie-Brennan (D-Bethel) will host a 2nd District sit down on Friday, March 1, to meet with residents to discuss their legislative priorities. The event will take place at Square One Bar & Grill, 24 Mill Plain Road, Danbury, from 4:30 to 6...

Members of the Newtown Earth Day Festival Committee — Chair Dan Holmes and member Brad Paynter — met with Newtown Scholarship Association (NSA) Vice President John Morlock on February 22 to deliver a donation of $2,000 toward “green scholarship” fund...

A new basketball-playing option is coming to Newtown just in time for this season’s March Madness. AC Connecticut Basketball, led by Director Donnell Harvey, will be run out of NYA Sports & Fitness. AC Connecticut Basketball will include Amateur Athl...

Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team followed up its conference championship with a first-round Class LL State Tournament victory as the fifth-seeded Nighthawks defeated No. 28 Manchester 54-30, at home, on February 26. With the win, the Hawk...

It has been three years since you went home to be with Jesus. We miss your laughter and your kindness to little animals and the less fortunate. We miss you sitting on the swing with us on warm summer days, toasting, and celebrating our life wi...

Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) members have discussed with their consulting engineer how the Sandy Hook Center sewage pump station’s capacity should be increased to handle rising sewage pumping demands at the 5-A Glen Road site. Fred Hurley, town publ...

James (Jim) R. Healey, of Sandy Hook, passed away at home on February 22, 2019, with his wife and daughter by his side. He fought a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and heart failure. Born in Hartford, Jim w...

To the Editor: One of the gems and treasured features of the Victory Garden are the many fruit trees donated and planted by a Minnesota agricultural college in memory of the Sandy Hook shooting victims. The problem with fruit trees over the years is ...

As a popular, long-time educator, Newtown resident Laurena McCarthy was able to make positive, life-changing impressions on hundreds and hundreds of students who came into her classroom as total strangers and left with memories of how much she cared ...