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Published: Feb 06, 2019 at 03:10 PM
The Board of Education unanimously approved its 2019-20 budget for $78,104,410, a roughly 2.7 percent increase from the current year’s budget, at its February 5 meeting.
As approved, the spending plan is nearly the same amount first proposed by the s...
Updated: Feb 06, 2019 at 01:50 PM
The simple flip of a coin to determine how lineups are set at the start of a wrestling match can make a difference.
When visiting Joel Barlow High School of Redding won the toss to begin the competition with Newtown on its Senior Night, February 4, i...
Updated: Feb 06, 2019 at 01:43 PM
Another game, another lopsided triumph.
Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team arguably gives credence to the idea of a mercy rule like they have in baseball at some levels.
The Nighthawks defeated visiting New Milford 68-29 on January 31, mark...
Published: Feb 06, 2019 at 10:50 AM
To the Editor:
The Health Resources and Services Administration (hrsa.gov) is the primary federal agency responsible for oversight of the organ and blood stem cell transplant systems in the US and for initiatives to increase organ donor registration ...
Updated: Feb 06, 2019 at 10:45 AM
To The Editor,
What has happened to us as people?
How is it possible that we can rejoice at the signing of a bill that permits the killing of a human life? A bill such as that which New York State put into law on January 22, 2019.
Our laws may define...
Updated: Feb 06, 2019 at 09:33 AM
Since the law practice Shipman & Goodwin was retained by the Board of Education four years ago, Newtown taxpayers have compensated the firm more that $678,000.
But as one of Connecticut’s preeminent land use litigation firms, Shipman & Goodwin is als...
Published: Feb 06, 2019 at 06:00 AM
State Representative Mitch Bolinsky is alerting his constituents that The Connecticut Department of Transportation is planning to begin work this month on Interstate 84 within Newtown. Temporary traffic shifts associated with safety improvements and ...
Updated: Feb 06, 2019 at 10:06 AM
Sandra J. (LaValley) Sohl, 78, of South Main Street in Newtown, passed away peacefully at Danbury Hospital on February 4, 2019.
Sandra was a proud veteran of the US Army, where she met her husband, George, who predeceased her in 1989.
She is survived...
Published: Feb 05, 2019 at 07:00 AM
On Saturday, February 9, Newtown Woman’s Club will host its Fourth Annual Tea/Author Book Signing.
The special event will again be held at Newtown Country Club, 2 Country Club Road. It will run from 2 to 4 pm.
Cost for the event is $20, which include...
Updated: Feb 05, 2019 at 08:18 AM
Business: 33V Fitness
Location: Newtown
Owner: Sean Fitzpatrick
Background: “I grew up in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and earned a degree in Health Sciences Health Administration, having interned at Danbury Hospital. But I was always int...