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The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Wednesday, November 21: 1:59 pm, alarm, 5 Acorn Drive, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 7...

Bar Fight Police said they responded about 7 pm on November 26 to Market Place Kitchen & Bar at 32 Church Hill Road after receiving a report that an assault had occurred there. Police said their investigation determined that Lisa Burgess, 59, of...

The Newtown Foundation, Newtown Action Alliance, American Gun Safety Association, Amnesty International, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Center for American Progress, The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Community of Sant’Egidio, Community Jus...

Occupation: I am a paraeducator in the Newtown school system. I’ve been doing that for 15 years; this is my fifth year in the high school, and before that, I was with kindergarten. I was a certified teacher before I had children, then went back t...

Newtown Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 members assisted Reed Intermediate School sixth grade math and science teacher Drew Hall’s students on November 12 by dropping student projects from a ladder truck. According to Mr Hall, the sixth grade students we...

Newtown High School senior Carter Goodrich was selected as a finalist to compete for the $14,000 Barton L. Weller scholarship, named in honor of the late Barton L. Weller, founder of Vitramon Incorporated in Monroe. Established in 1977, the scholarsh...

The Newtown Fund Depot Day, when gifts are collected and distributed to designated local families, is only a few weeks away. Since 1959, The Newtown Fund has helped Newtown’s residents in need during the December holidays. Most referrals come through...

Sandy Hook Elementary School hosted a full-school celebration on November 21 to highlight its successful involvement in the annual Women Involved in Newtown (WIN) Thanksgiving Basket Program. For the school’s efforts, classes worked in buddy teams to...

After meeting in an executive session, the Board of Education approved new goals for the board on November 20. The executive session included having Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) Attorney Nicholas Caruso attend to offer insigh...

Newtown residents who wish to speak in favor of, or against, Newtown’s proposed ordinance prohibiting the storage, disposal, or use of fracking waste may do so at a public hearing scheduled for 7 pm on Wednesday, December 5. The Legislative Council h...