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Air conditioning projects for Hawley Elementary School’s multipurpose room and Newtown Middle School’s cafeteria were approved, along with a lightning protection system project for Sandy Hook Elementary School, by the Board of Education at its meetin...

A review of education stories published throughout the year proved 2018 may have been the kindest year to date in Newtown Public Schools. Near the start of the year, Newtown High School senior Elle Sauli was named Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2018, and ...

The natural fragrance of fresh evergreens filled The Meeting House during the Garden Club of Newtown’s annual Holiday Greens & Gift Sale on December 1. With a group of eager shoppers lining out the door, the club members let the fundraiser begin ten ...

Members of the Newtown and Redding police departments assembled in the Big Y World Class Market parking lot for their Stuff-A-Cruiser holiday food drive on December 1. The collection accepted a variety of nonperishable food items that will be distrib...

UPDATE (Friday, January 18, 2019): Due to a [naviga:u]winter storm expected for the weekend of January 19-20[/naviga:u], NEF has postponed its Annual Evening of Comedy to Friday, March 1. * * * * * The Newtown Education Foundation (NEF) Honor an...

All fourth grade elementary school students in the district work on creating personalized exploration projects, and one class at Hawley Elementary School recently completed its projects. In a teaching collaboration between the class’s teacher, the li...

NEW YORK CITY — Some people may say emo music was just a phase, but the songs and community the genre produced proved to be engraved permanently in the hearts of hundreds of people who came out to 3OH!3’s Want House Party Tour with Emo Nite LA at Irv...

The Newtown Fund is making one final appeal for support ahead of December 15, when the annual Adopt-A-Family event will culminate in Depot Day. On that Saturday, volunteers from throughout town will converge on Fraser Woods Montessori School, where t...

We hear from the Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation of their appreciation for all who supported Senior Pet Adoption month. One delightful success story from the sanctuary’s Senior Paw Project is shared: “Sweet senior kitty Annie was adopted after be...

While sale closings in real estate transactions typically are carried out with little fanfare, in order to note its municipal significance, the sale closing on the abutting South Main Street/Pecks Lane properties, which comprise the site for the plan...