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Girls’ Lacrosse Team Heads Into Postseason On High Note

Updated: May 15, 2019 at 11:04 AM
Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team wrapped up the regular season with four consecutive victories as the Nighthawks followed up a 16-0 triumph over Notre Dame-Fairfield on May 7 with a 16-6 win at Bethel two days later, an 11-5 win over Fairfi...

NHS Tennis Team Clinches Postseason Berth

Updated: May 15, 2019 at 10:41 AM
Newtown High School's boys' tennis team won its last three matches of the season to finish at 6-6 and earn a spot in the state tournament. The Nighthawks edged host New Fairfield 4-3, then blanked visiting Masuk of Monroe 7-0, May 8 and 9. In the win...

Newtown Board of Realtors Seek Donations For Animal Shelter

Updated: May 15, 2019 at 08:18 AM
Members of the Newtown Board of Realtors and their family were present at Your Healthy Pet, 61 Church Hill Road, with owners Tom and Mary-Kay Novak to kick start the Newtown Animal Shelter Donation Drive on May 14. The shelter is currently in need of...

Betty Stretton

Published: May 14, 2019 at 03:50 PM
Betty Bernice Stretton, age 99, of Newtown, formerly of Westport, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2019, at Filosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Danbury, surrounded by her family. She is the widow of Thomas E. Stretton. Betty was born May 27, 191...

Vera Smith

Published: May 14, 2019 at 11:40 AM
Vera Emma (Plante) Smith, 84, passed away at her home Saturday, May 11, 2019, after a long battle with vascular dementia. She was born October 22, 1934, in Fall River, Mass. While working as a home economics teacher, she met her husband of 50 years, ...

We Can Do Better

Published: May 14, 2019 at 11:25 AM
To the Editor: As a believer in recycling waste, I was very dismayed to see that the transfer center has resorted to single stream recycling. Like many of us, I receive a lot of deliveries from Amazon, and I accumulate a fair amount of cardboard. Whe...

EverWonder Museum Receives $100,000 Matching Grant

Published: May 14, 2019 at 10:05 AM
EverWonder Children’s Museum, a local provider of hands-on educational opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) for children up to age 12, recently received its largest grant to date, a $100,000 challenge grant from t...

A Heartfelt Thanks For HomeFront Volunteers

Published: May 14, 2019 at 09:50 AM
To the Editor: My husband Scott and I and our children would like to thank HomeFront and Gordon Williams, Jerry Cole, Doug, Bob, Bruce Hoag, Mr Kovacs, and the countless people who showed up on Saturday, May 4, to help us with some projects we needed...