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Published: Feb 04, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Have you heard the old adage, “You can’t fight City Hall?”
Newtown resident Shawn Kasak appears to have elevated the practice to an art form.
But in his case, it is not a matter of engaging in some sort of competition in order to one-up an establishe...
Published: Feb 04, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Two municipal agencies have scheduled public hearings for next week on a proposal to construct a gas station, convenience store, and café at 26 Hawleyville Road (Route 25) in Hawleyville Center.
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) is scheduled to hold ...
Updated: Feb 03, 2019 at 06:06 PM
NOTE: This report was updated at 6 pm February 3 to clarify the state has identified its second measles case this year.
As confirmed cases of measles increase in Connecticut, health professionals here in Newtown are taking notice. On Sunday, Feb...
Published: Feb 03, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Before the next Sunday at the Sanctuary event — which will be hosted by the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation at Reed Intermediate School on February 10 — Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary (CVHAS) educator and professional naturalist Henryk...
Updated: Feb 03, 2019 at 12:25 AM
Led by a pair of event wins by sprinter Carly Swierbut, Newtown High School’s girls’ indoor track and field team placed second in the February 2 South-West Conference championship meet, at Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.
Swierbut won the ...
Published: Feb 02, 2019 at 07:15 AM
They battle for three periods of hard-hitting — in the case of the most recent matchup, penalty-filled — fast-paced action on the ice. But the hockey programs from Newtown High School and Joel Barlow of Redding work together off the ice to raise mone...
Published: Feb 02, 2019 at 07:00 AM
When anyone is in the hospital, convalescent home, or even a rehabilitation center, a visit with a dog can do a world of good.
For Dolores Meehan, who has been a patient at Newtown Rehabilitation & Health Care Center since Christmas Eve, the canine t...
Published: Feb 02, 2019 at 07:00 AM
The Newtown Varsity Winter Guard, under the direction of Varsity Director Alyson Kulbek, competed in the Musical Arts Conference (MAC) event at Masuk High School on Saturday, January 26. Their visually intriguing interpretation of “Hypnosis” placed s...
Published: Feb 02, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Newtown High School’s football team’s path to the postseason just got a whole lot harder.
The team’s out-of-conference schedule had been doubled to four games for the 2019 season, and two of them are perennial Southern Connecticut Conference and stat...
Published: Feb 02, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Angelo Paul Ramunni of Canaan, author of the recently-published Accordion Stories from the Heart, will present a book signing and mini-concert in the Alexandria Room of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, on Saturday, February 16.
The program is schedu...
