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Updated: Sep 05, 2018 at 08:35 AM
Standing near her curated corner of the library, Marge Gingolaski reflected on August 30 that the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library’s Little Book Store offers books for affordable prices that are perfect for stocking up classroom libraries or for add...
Published: Sep 04, 2018 at 02:50 PM
Joan Reilly O’Neil, 87, a longtime resident of Newtown, died August 30, at her home, The Delaney at South Shore in League City, Texas. Born in 1930 in Port Chester, N.Y., she was the daughter of Michael and Cecile Reilly.
Mrs O’Neil grew up in Rye, N...
Published: Sep 04, 2018 at 09:20 AM
To the Editor:
Putting your name out there to encourage people to put their trust in you as a representative is a daunting thought.
I can imagine it would be an even more daunting task.
However, when there’s an eagerness to work, an energy to lead, a...
Published: Sep 04, 2018 at 09:00 AM
To the Editor:
The fall election season is upon us and important choices for the next few years of our lives need to be made. A critical seat in the Connecticut State Senate is open, and we need to elect someone who has the integrity, honesty, intell...
Updated: Sep 06, 2018 at 09:56 AM
Newtown’s 57th annual Labor Day Parade marched its way through town on the morning of Monday, September 3. The 90-degree weather could not deter the dedicated community from coming out in droves to see the town’s much-anticipated event.
The parade’s ...
Published: Sep 03, 2018 at 06:00 AM
Newtown resident Liz Luzietti brought her 3-year-old dog, Bubba, to the Farmers’ Market at Fairfield Hills on August 21 to help with his training to become a Newtown-Strong Therapy Dog.
Bubba happily met with children and adults throughout the aftern...
Updated: Sep 05, 2018 at 06:16 PM
The extent and density of a nuisance weed infestation at Taunton Lake has been significantly reduced, based on the results of an August 23 survey of the lake’s shallow-water perimeter, which is the habitat of the pesky invasive aquatic plant commonly...
Updated: Sep 17, 2018 at 04:59 PM
Members of HUGS (Hands Up for Gun Safety), a group based in the tri-town area of Topsfield, Mass., received “a very warm reception,” from Newtown residents on Sunday, August 26, said HUGS member Eric Roth as the group concluded a 200-mile bicycle rid...
Updated: Sep 01, 2018 at 10:46 AM
Pat Dennen, a 1998 Newtown High School graduate, was first across the finish line in the 13th Annual Newtown Road Race, on September 1. Dennen, 38 and of Middlebury, completed the 5K course in a time of 17:21.
The top female finisher, Brookfield's Mo...
Updated: Sep 04, 2018 at 08:15 AM
The Newtown Environmental Action Team (NEAT), a nonpartisan grassroots organization formed by residents in late 2016, is “a group of people who passionately care about the world we’re leaving for our children. We’re trying to do everything we can to ...
