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To publicly recognize and grant awards to its volunteer members whose performance has been exemplary, Hook & Ladder Company, No 1, also known as Newtown Hook & Ladder, on Sunday, August 19, held a ceremony in their honor. Making way for the event, th...

Two months of Newtown Women’s Softball action, often altered because of rain and unplayable field conditions, culminated with a playoffs and a championship game — postponed a week — with the pinnacle contest never being completed because of, what els...

Clarification: The print edition version of this report inadvertently attributed the name Liza Mecca to content that should have been attributed to Alissa Heizler-Mendoza. The online version of the story was corrected before publication, and was ...

Labor Day Parade Grand Marshal Eunice Laverty has tapped five people to join her on the Judges Stand on Monday, September 3. Ms Laverty was named in May as the grand marshal for the 57th annual celebration of all things Newtown. This year’s parade wi...

The somewhat expedited process of getting a funding authorization for a new police headquarters on the November 6 ballot is progressing favorably and is just a few steps away from meeting the deadline for filing with the Connecticut Secretary of the ...

BETHEL — Sedona, Arizona may be nearly 2,500 miles away, but local residents can still experience its essence while visiting the spiritual boutique Touch of Sedona in Bethel. “I’ve always loved Sedona,” owner Marge Courtney said. “I went in 1966 for ...

Occupation: I recently retired this past June. I worked 15 years for Perkin-Elmer as an engineer and in engineering management in the Atomic Spectroscopy group. I then spent 18 years as Engineering VP at Curtis Instruments, where we design and ma...

Following discussion at an August 16 public hearing, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members unanimously approved the construction of an 8,300-square-foot industrial building at Curtis Corporate Park in Sandy Hook. Voting in favor of the project...

Following discussion at an August 16 session, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members unanimously endorsed bonding $14.8 million to convert an existing commercial building at 191 South Main Street (Route 25) into a new police headquarters. That ...