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UPDATE (December 4, 2018): This story has been updated with additional information received after the November 30 print edition went to press. Youths up to age 15 can now be included as 'Golden Ticket' guests for the event.  *  *  *  *  * Newto...

Golden Opportunities works in partnership with several Newtown groups as well as elder care facilities in Newtown and the region. Its mission is to enhance the quality of life for residents in these facilities by providing outreach services of comfor...

The Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, offered its first Smile Cards program on Monday, November 26. Instructor Wendy Smith showed participants how to assemble the sayings and embellishments from a variety of holiday card kits. Each designer c...

DogFoodAdvisor.com announced on November 27 that Sunshine Mills, Inc., of Red Bay, Alabama, is voluntarily recalling select products of Evolve, Sportsman’s Pride, and Triumph dog foods due to elevated levels of vitamin D, which can cause serious heal...

Two of the nation’s leading a cappella groups will sing together for the first time at Edmond Town Hall Theatre on Thursday, December 6, at 7 pm. The Whiffenpoofs, established at Yale University in 1909, and the all-female Whim ‘n Rhythm will sing ma...

Harpist Annelise Ellars will be accompanying The Newtown Choral Society when they present Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols” as part of their holiday concert on Sunday, December 2, at 4 pm, at The Meeting House, 31 Main Street. Tickets are $10; ...

UPDATE (Tuesday, December 18, 2018): [naviga:u]The December 19 Listening Session has been canceled[/naviga:u]. The January 7 session is still on the calendar, however.  * * * * * State Representative Mitch Bolinsky (R-Newtown) will be hosting th...

The New York Times called Willie Nile “one of the most gifted singer-songwriters to emerge from the New York scene in years.” Ben’s Lighthouse will host the performer for a special house concert in town on Saturday, December 1. Among multiple acc...

Kay Adair Lennon, 82, of Monroe, died November 24. Born May 3, 1936 in Gordon, Wis., to Russell and Katherine MacDonald, she was the second oldest of seven children and is survived by her siblings, Bonnie, Sue, Robert, Douglas, Warren, and Cameron Ma...

Nancy Macisco, of Trumbull, daughter of the late Joseph and Alice Erhardt, died November 24, after a courageous battle with cancer. Survivors include one daughter, Allison Koziol and her husband, Zdzislaw, of Sandy Hook; two sons, Anthony Macisco and...