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Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team took the minimum three sets to defeat both visiting Bunnell of Stratford on September 21 and host Bethel on September 24. The Nighthawks improved to 4-2 overall and a carry a two-match winning streak into ...

Newtown High School boys’ soccer team followed up a scoreless draw with visiting Masuk of Monroe on October 20 with a 2-0 win over visiting New Milford two days later; both games were held at Blue & Gold Stadium. After the Masuk game, Newtown Coach C...

Perennial South-West Conference and state powerhouse Weston defeated Newtown 103-81 in High School girls’ swimming action in Newtown on September 21. Within the defeat were some individual wins for Coach Becky Osborne’s Nighthawks. The team had some ...

To the Editor: For the first time in my life, I’m putting a politician’s sign in my front yard. In a country that has become so bipartisan, it is wonderful to know that our town is represented by a man who will shake hands across the aisle to work [w...

Gerald J. Corcoran, 91, of Florida, formerly of Sandy Hook, died September 14, at The Grove Rehabilitation Center in Hernando, Fla. He was born in Flushing Queens, N.Y., April 9, 1927, the son of Patrick Corcoran and Rujena Drozed Corcoran. His wife ...

The National Weather Service in Upton, N.Y., has extended the flash flood warning for southern Fairfield County until 6 pm Tuesday, September 25. At 3:37 pm Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area, according to the National Weather ...

Newtown Parks and Recreation is returning Middle School Teen Nights to the Teen Center at 53 A Church Hill Road, beginning Friday, September 28, from 2:45 to 9:30 pm. Middle school age youth are invited to enjoy foosball, pool, basketball, and other ...

The public is invited to join the 2018 Firehouse Ride on Saturday, September 29. The ninth annual Newtown Hook & Ladder fundraising event will again be offering music, food, raffle prizes, and a meandering 50-mile motorcycle ride through neighboring ...

Newtown Police Department will be conducting open houses at both the current facility at 3 Main Street, and at the site of the proposed new police facility, 191 South Main Street. The open houses will be held at both locations, concurrently, on Satur...

Donald H. Seymour, 85, of Newtown, formerly of Ridgefield, died September 16, at the Laurel Ridge Health Care Center in Ridgefield, from complications of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. His loving wife of 43 years, Dr Iris Cook Seymour; sons, Je...