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To the Editor: It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of endorsement and encourage my fellow Newtowners to vote for Mitch Bolinksy this November. I came to know Mitch when I reached out to him several years ago to learn more about our sta...

To the Editor: Newtown is a special community, one with tighter bonds and unique wounds that few living outside it can even begin to comprehend. We have watched, awestruck, as groups of your citizens have bonded, separately and collectively, and grow...

To the Editor: Thank you, Newtown! Once again, the Labor Day Parade was a success. Thank you, Newtown, for coming out for a beautiful parade and donating money and nonperishable food. Our shelves are full again thanks to your generosity. We are also ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...