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Updated: Apr 03, 2019 at 10:45 AM
To the Editor:
It is unlikely that the founders of Twitter could have predicted the economic impact their small social networking app would have. How could a 280-character tweet, nothing more than a blurb, have any reaching effects beyond the app its...
Published: Apr 03, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Members of Newtown Police Department plan to participate in the Special Olympics Penguin Plunge, a fundraising event for the Special Olympics of Connecticut scheduled for this coming weekend.
Participants will dash into the cold waters of the Long Is...
Published: Apr 01, 2019 at 03:00 PM
Theresa Casey Flanagan, age 88, of Newtown, formerly a longtime resident of Bellmore, N.Y., passed away peacefully at her home on March 30, 2019, surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Theresa “Terry” was born on August 10, ...
Published: Apr 01, 2019 at 02:05 PM
Winners of the South-West Conference championship in three of the last four years, Newtown High School’s girls’ golf team is rebuilding following the graduation of six seniors — including standout Sarah Houle — last year.
“We’re building a new founda...
Published: Apr 01, 2019 at 02:00 PM
Newtown High School’s boys’ golf team will look to the emergence of their younger golfers and continued success of standouts as the Nighthawks go after a South-West Conference success this spring.
The Nighthawks lost four team members to graduation l...
Published: Apr 01, 2019 at 12:10 PM
Craig Jeffrey Hensel, of Southbury, passed on March 31. He was 53 years old. Craig was a lifelong resident of Newtown and moved to Southbury just two years ago.
Craig was born on April 15, 1965, to Ruth Ann Hensel and the late Kenneth Darrell Hensel,...
Updated: Apr 02, 2019 at 12:28 PM
NOTE (Tuesday, April 2, 2019): This story has been updated to clarify the days the "Science & Art of Changing Your Brain" series will be presented.
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Presented by Dr Kristen Betts, clinical professor in the School of Education at Drexel...
Published: Apr 01, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Just over a year into his job as director of the C.H. Booth Library, Douglas Lord has realized he is an institutional steward in a community he has grown to care about very deeply.
He said as much in the first few minutes of an organizational meeting...
Published: Apr 01, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Simply Smiles, the Connecticut-based not-for-profit organization, will host its annual “Keep Hope Alive” fundraising event on Friday, April 26, at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.
The fundraiser will begin at 6 pm with complimentary drinks and hors ...
Updated: Apr 01, 2019 at 09:59 AM
Representatives of Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP ) and a partner/benefactor appeared before the Legislative Council on March 20 to review plans for a pocket park they hope to develop on a town-owned parcel in Sandy Hook Center.
Propone...
