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A heat advisory remains in effect for Northern Fairfield County, from 11 am Tuesday, August 28, through 9 pm, Wednesday, August 29, due to temperatures expected in the mid-90s and dewpoints in the lower 70s, according to the National Weather Service....

In conjunction with the ongoing state project to relocate the northern intersection of South Main Street and Pecks Lane, on Thursday, August 30, the intersection project's contractor and the Aquarion Water Company will be working on switching over wa...

The 2018-19 school year has begun. Across the district educators and school staff welcomed students on August 27 for the start of the first day of the new school year. As the first bus pulled in at Hawley Elementary School, Principal Christopher More...

To the Editor, After being directly referenced several times in a letter last week, I feel compelled to respond and clarify. Firstly, my disagreement with the author was with their general sentiment, and I never intended a point-by-point response. I ...

Dear Editor: Westport has done it, and Greenwich has done it. They have banned single-use plastic bags. A trillion plastic shopping bags are used worldwide every year, and 100 billion in the United States alone — that’s almost one per American per da...

To the Editor: It seemed mere hours after the gubernatorial Connecticut primaries when the name calling began between the two nominees. After Ned Lamont called Bob Stefanowski ‘Bob Trumpanowski,’ Mr Stefanowski fired back and called Mr Lamont ‘Ned Ma...

Following the death of Senator John S. McCain III of Arizona, flags across the country are being lowered to honor the longtime politician, Navy veteran, and former prisoner of war. Sen McCain succumbed to brain cancer on Saturday, August 25. Governor...

Town Historian Dan Cruson is getting settled at his new office space at Newtown Municipal Center, unpacking books, artifacts, photographs, documents, and other records representing Newtown’s history. Mr Cruson recently relocated from space he occupie...

Some people grow flowers for the pleasant scents and the long-lasting beauty they provide. Lawrence Schweitzer, an orthopedic surgeon from town, has been growing a very unusual flower for anything but its pleasant scent — as well as for its short-ter...

The Board of Education learned at its meeting on August 14 about a new grant earned by the The Afterschool Program (TAP) at Newtown High School. TAP Co-Directors Cathy Ostar and Tim DeJulio explained that the $5,000 SEL (Social/Emotional Learning) In...