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Transportation Plan Listening Session Set For December 11

Updated: Dec 04, 2018 at 08:18 AM
The Sandy Hook-based Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG) is working on an update of the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) for the Housatonic Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and South Western Region MPO. Per federa...

Appreciation For 34th Ram Pasture Tree Lighting Volunteers

Published: Dec 03, 2018 at 03:30 PM
To The Editor: In September, before the leaves make their gentle trip to our yards, committees begin planning the magic that accompanies the Tree Lighting in Ram Pasture. Who are these volunteers who enable the sparkling trees and luminaria to thrill...

Margaret Brokaw

Updated: Dec 03, 2018 at 11:42 AM
Margaret Mary “Peg” Barton Brokaw, 99, of Newtown, beloved wife of the late Michael Brokaw, died November 29 at Danbury Hospital. Born October 6, 1919, in Mattapan, Mass., she was a daughter of the late Harry and Rose Douglas Barton. A US Army vetera...

Mildred Ackerly

Updated: Dec 03, 2018 at 11:47 AM
Mildred “Millie” Ackerly, 77, of Brookfield, formerly of Pleasantville, N.Y., died unexpectedly November 30, at home. She was born June 16, 1941, in Ossining, N.Y. She was the beloved wife of Wes for 57 years; loving mother of Dawn Escoda and son-in-...

St Rose Church Live Nativity On December 15; Participants Invited

Updated: Dec 03, 2018 at 11:46 AM
Once a year, the stable on the ground of St Rose of Lima parish, 46 Church Hill Road, comes alive in the tradition started by St Francis of Assisi. Shepherds, angels, wise men, and live animals greet the weary travelers Mary and Joseph as they reenac...

Robert Lizon

Updated: Dec 03, 2018 at 11:38 AM
Robert Frank “Bob” Lizon, 58, of Douglas, Ga., beloved husband of Sharon Bolick Lizon, died November 24, in Palm Coast, Fla. In addition to Sharon, his devoted wife of 25 years, his memory will be embraced by his sister-in-law, Pamela Bolick Trickey,...

Officials Take Issue With Points Raised In Garner Radon Lawsuit

Published: Dec 03, 2018 at 07:00 AM
Newtown’s Land Use Director, Health District Director, and Public Works Director — who also advises the local Water & Sewer Authority — are taking issue with several points articulated in media reports about separate state and federal class action la...

Stellar Football Season Ends In Loss To Cardinals

Updated: Dec 02, 2018 at 07:02 PM
The Newtown High School football team’s undefeated season and state championship hopes were undone by a dominant Greenwich squad, in the Class LL playoff semifinals, in Greenwich on December 2. The second-seeded Cardinals rolled to a 50-0 triumph, on...

Resident Nikki Singer At Work In Cambodia Peace Gallery

Published: Dec 02, 2018 at 07:00 AM
“I arrived in Cambodia with a sense that tribunals and proceeding with criminal cases against the people who led the Khmer Rouge would be a pathway for getting justice… but so many people I’ve met talk about different reasons that they have decid...