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Updated: Oct 12, 2018 at 08:05 AM
Three of the town’s five volunteer fire companies — Dodgingtown, Botsford, and Sandy Hook — have taken delivery of new fire tankers to replace some aging tankers in their organizations.
The three trucks, which contain large internal water tanks for f...
Updated: Oct 12, 2018 at 08:07 AM
Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) members at an October 4 public hearing again considered the commission’s proposal to create zoning rules that would provide a regulatory mechanism for allowing eateries at shopping centers to have drive-through wind...
Updated: Oct 12, 2018 at 08:46 AM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, October 4: 11:51 am, burning odor indoors, 70 Hawleyville Road, Hawleyville and Hook &...
Published: Oct 11, 2018 at 04:30 PM
It is easy to be apathetic in a political environment that seethes with distrust and mind-numbing accusations. Politics at a more local level are far less inflammatory, though, and decisions made by the town and state officials are more directly felt...
Updated: Oct 15, 2018 at 02:23 PM
October 15, 1993
Nearly 20 years ago when Bruce McLaughlin and his brother agreed they would like to restore a town, they considered Sandy Hook and Minturn, Colo. “My brother wanted Minturn because he lived there,” Mr McLaughlin said. “I wanted ...
Updated: Oct 12, 2018 at 11:59 AM
Young women in Newtown have the opportunity to be part of history, as the Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA) first local girls’ Scouts BSA troop will host an informational meeting on October 18 for those interested in becoming members.
Last year, the more...
Published: Oct 11, 2018 at 12:40 PM
To the Editor:
The midterm elections should be about substantive issues regarding Connecticut’s economic downfall and absent the emotional pull driven by the media’s maniacal focus on Trump this or Trump that.
The majority party in the Connecticut Ho...
Published: Oct 11, 2018 at 09:50 AM
With a mixed vote at its meeting on October 2, the Board of Education approved amending its contract with All-Star Transportation to allow the remaining diesel buses in the company’s Newtown fleet to be replaced with propane buses in the third year o...
Updated: Oct 11, 2018 at 09:44 AM
After deliberating wording, the Board of Education approved its 2019-20 budget assumptions and priorities at its meeting on October 2.
As approved, the school board’s 2019-20 assumptions read “The Newtown Board of Education’s mission to inspire every...
Updated: Oct 11, 2018 at 10:04 AM
Newtown High School will host a Veterans Day celebration on Friday, November 9.
All local veterans are invited to attend the event, which is being co-hosted by American Legion Post 202.
A complimentary luncheon, prepared by Newtown High School Culina...
