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Shetty’s Record-Setting Jumps Propel Girls’ Track And Field Team

Published: Apr 12, 2025 at 06:50 AM
Sparked by Aashni Shetty’s school record-setting long and triple jump performances, Newtown High School’s girls’ outdoor track and field team sprung into action with a victorious opening meet, at Joel Barlow of Redding on April 8. Despite the cold — ...

Hawk Sluggers Drop Wild 11-10 Decision In Opener On The Road

Published: Apr 12, 2025 at 06:50 AM
Newtown High School’s baseball team nearly overcame a seven-run deficit in an 11-10 loss to host Fairfield Ludlowe, at Kiwanis Field, in the April 8 season opener. The Nighthawks took the early lead with a pair of runs on a Wes Keayes first-inning si...

The Way We Were

Published: Apr 11, 2025 at 04:00 PM
April 14, 2000 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Fawn Schmidt. * * * * * The state Department of Labor has decided against paying unemployment benefits to former police chief James E. Lysaght, Jr, deciding he was terminated from his $65,280 annual post by t...

Urges ‘Yes’ Vote On Capital Projects

Published: Apr 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
To the Editor: I am writing today to urge my neighbors to please vote “yes” on referendum questions 5, 6, and 7. There is a real danger that if we do not give the Town permission to issue bonds to cover these critical infrastructure projects, the lib...

‘Yes’ On Question Five

Published: Apr 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
To the Editor: We have some important decisions to make here in Newtown on April 22. Number 5 on the ballot is for a bond measure for a new HVAC system for the library. The library currently works on one of two boilers; the other hasn’t worked for so...

Discusses Newtown “Hands Off” Rally

Published: Apr 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
To the Editor: I am writing to express my dismay regarding the recent hands off rally. My concern rests on the seeming lack of understanding by those attending the rally regarding the nature of the existential threat posed to our democracy by our cur...

Pass The Budget On April 22

Updated: Apr 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
To the Editor: I am very concerned about the referendum coming up on April 22 at the middle school. If we don’t pass the budget on the first go around, we will have to endure budget cuts that will hurt Newtown in many ways. The education budget, espe...

Newtown Residents Still Struggling After August Storm

Updated: Apr 11, 2025 at 02:09 PM
Nearly eight months after what local officials called a “once-in-a-lifetime” storm last August, several Newtown residents are still struggling from the damage left in the storm’s wake. Two of these residents are Tom and Maria Horvath, who bought thei...