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It’s hard to believe that another year has flown by and Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Thanksgiving is one of those special holidays that brings together family, friends, and special times with your pets. Unfortunately, it can also create sa...

Newtown Congregational Church will offer a musical gift to the community this holiday season. The church will host a Community Holiday Concert on Saturday, December 1, at 7 pm. Performances will be offered by The Steel Pan Drum Band and Newtown High ...

The Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP) is heading into the holiday season with a new ornament and an invitation for local residents to again participate in decorating the business district. SHOP members Julie Friend and Maribeth Hemingway ...

With a tent and table stationed in front of the C.H. Booth Library, Newtown Troop 770 Boy Scout Baxter Page and volunteers were ready to receive donations for the Saint Vincent De Paul Mission on Saturday and Sunday, November 10 and 11. The collectio...

The Salvation Army kicked off its bell ringing season with a special Appreciation Reception at the Newtown Congregational Church on the morning of November 10. The breakfast gathering honored its group of dedicated local bell ringers from previous Re...

Did Santa babysit the baby Jesus? Why were the Three Wise Men so lost? What did the holiday classic “Silent Night” first sound like? The answers to these and other humorous holiday questions will all be answered on Saturday, December 1, when St Rose ...

Newtown Rotary Club will host its 58th Annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, December 1, from 8 am until 1 pm.  All are invited to the Alexandria Room of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Stret, to enjoy an all-you-can-eat breakfast of pancakes, sausage, and...

The town’s longest running holiday event — the lighting of a tree at Ram Pasture for the holidays — will again open a weekend of holiday events in Newtown. The 34th Annual Ram Pasture Tree Lighting event is scheduled for Friday, November 30. All ages...

The first flurry of snowfall this season graced Christ the King Lutheran Church’s Annual Fall Fair on November 10. However, a little snow could not stop people from coming out in droves for the event, which caused the church’s parking lot to quickly ...

Sarah “Sylvia” Kirschblum, 97, of Fairfield, died peacefully November 15. She was born and raised in Newtown, and was the daughter of the late Abraham and Yetta (Bernzweig) Nezvesky. She was a homemaker and raised five children. Her children and thei...