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To the Editor: We The People are being held hostage by President Trump, but not only Trump. There was a compromise measure crafted in Congress, which Trump at first signified he would sign, but after the screeching criticisms that erupted from the ex...

Newtown Action Alliance recently received a donation from Representative Elizabeth Esty. The organization received $50,000, by way of a check written December 18 from The Friends Of Elizabeth Esty account, to expand efforts to further engage youth in...

Louise T. (Evans) Butler, of Newtown passed away peacefully January 4, 2019. She was born in Bridgeport, May 7, 1929, a daughter of the late Edward and Grace (Kleich) Evans. Louise was predeceased by her husband, Donald K. Butler, Sr; and daughter, B...

Fresh off a three-week stretch between meets and loaded with rigorous practices — make that exhausted following a tough stretch of in-pool workouts — members of Newtown High School’s boys’ swimming and diving team saw their hard work pay off in a 99-...

How do you overcome an opponent’s stingy defense and win despite going six-plus minutes between points in the third quarter and being held to a season-low point total? By playing shutdown defense, limiting the team without a second-quarter field goal...

To the Editor: On a cold January 14th of 1791, a charter signed by the first Grandmaster of Freemasons in Connecticut (Pierpont Edwards) established Hiram Lodge #18 in Newtown, CT. Thus began one of Newtown’s oldest institutions. Interestingly, histo...

Newtown High School's gymnastics team began the regular season with a strong showing in the Pomperaug Invitational, in Southbury on January 5. Newtown, with a team score of 126.750, placed fourth. Fairfield Ludlowe, coached by NHS Principal Dr Kimber...

This was a good week for Newtown High School’s wrestling team. First, on January 3, Newtown went to Pomperaug of Southbury and defeated the Panthers 40-24. Then came participation in the East Haven Duals, two days later — the Nighthawks wrestled to a...

Gordon P. Macmillan, Sr, 82, of Glastonbury, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 7, at the Atria Assisted Living and Memory Care Center, where he resided for the past year. Before then, Gordon resided in Newtown for 36 years and, after retiring...

Following a brief outage of 911 emergency communications overnight that affected numerous Connecticut communities including Newtown, local Director of Emergency Communications Maureen Will is reminding residents to post and familiarize themselves wit...