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Catherine Corcoran Hodgens, of Richmond, Va., originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., passed away peacefully on January 11, 2019, at the Hermitage in Richmond. Born to John F. Corcoran and Catherine Lanning Corcoran in 1931, she was the youngest of their ten...

Dr Kathleen Denise Moody, 62, of Newtown, died January 11, 2019, following a protracted illness. She was born October 25, 1956, in Allentown, Penn., the only child of Burton E. and Helen Moody. Her daughters, Lora Kristen Streett and Gretchen Ilse St...

BETHEL — Friends of a local first responder are planning a special event, Pack The Pub for Chris Buczek, to help cover costs following serious medical concerns. Pack The Pub will be an ongoing event Monday, January 14, from 11:30 am until 10 pm, at M...

Police Chief James Viadero on January 8 told a group of Toddy Hill Road area residents that he has found funding for a town purchase of two electronic speed display signs that will be positioned on Toddy Hill Road to deter motorists from speeding. Th...

The Board of Selectmen spent about 30 minutes during its regular meeting, January 7, hearing about all the exciting community and economic development happenings going on around Newtown in 2018. Christal Preszler, Newtown’s deputy director for econom...

People naturally lose flexibility and strength as they age. But there are ways for everybody, seniors included, to stay as fit as they possibly can. SilverSneakers, a popular fitness program for seniors, is a way to stay healthy. Unfortunately for so...

“In case you couldn’t tell, I still have a very special place in my heart for Newtown,” said Janet Seligmann Weiss. Now living in New Jersey, Ms Weiss and her family once lived in town. A recent look at some of her late mother’s keepsakes — newspaper...

Following lengthy review during the past several months, Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) members have approved a wetlands/watercourses protection permit for Planters’ Choice LLC, a Huntingtown Road plant nursery at which a wide range of environmenta...

Police Chief James Viadero this week updated Police Commission members on the progress of plans to convert and expand a vacant office building on South Main Street for use as a new police station. Surveyors and designers working on the project have s...

With a new year comes new resolutions, and the C.H. Booth Library is no exception as it starts its read-a-lution challenge to encourage residents to read a variety of genres in 2019. According to the library’s announcement of the 2019 Reading Challen...