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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...

Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS) will once again benefit from a family-friendly event sponsored by Newtown Savings Bank. The 33rd Annual Holiday Festival is scheduled for Sunday, December 2, from 11 am until 4 pm, at Main Street locations. Cand...

Police have installed The Mitten Tree in the police station lobby at 3 Main Street. Police Officer Maryhelen McCarthy, who coordinates the annual project for the needy, asks that donors provides gifts of new mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, and other ...

Newtown Hook & Ladder volunteer firefighters were dispatched at 11:48 am on Sunday, November 25, to the Newtown Country Club at 2 Country Club Road after receiving a report that a kitchen worker there had been injured in a cooking accident involving ...

State police report that during the Thanksgiving holiday period from Tuesday, November 20, through Sunday, November 25, they augmented their regular patrols with troopers in a traffic enforcement drive focused on violations including drunken driving ...

UPDATE (Monday, December 3, 2018): This story has been updated to reflect to correct opening night of Hanukkah. * * * * * The Mars InSight lander, which launched into space in May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, safely touched down...

The Matthew Curtiss House, home of Newtown Historical Society, at 44 Main Street, is one of the oldest buildings on Main Street. The historical society will offer a chance to view the historic dwelling and its treasures on Sunday, December 2, when an...

Newtown’s free, nonprofit medical clinic will conduct its 11th annual major fundraiser this weekend. The public is invited to join Kevin’s Community Center Inc (KCC) for Music, Merlot, and Mums, a community gathering featuring wine tasting, live musi...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps: Wednesday, November 21: 12:12 pm, fall/accident; 1:13 pm, breathing difficulty; 5...