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Published: Aug 16, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Throughout much of the summer youth swimmers ages 7 to 14 made waves as they improved their skills at Treadwell Park with the Newtown Parks and Recreation-sponsored Torpedoes Swim Team. They practiced and had fun for an hour and a half each weekday e...
Published: Aug 16, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Derek Piotr, a local folklorist from New Milford, goes around the state of Connecticut, and other areas, collecting stories and folk songs that have survived the “TikTok era,” as he put it. His goal is to show how oral tradition is still alive even t...
Updated: Aug 18, 2025 at 08:45 AM
Published: Aug 15, 2025 at 04:00 PM
August 18, 2000
HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Debbie Coyle
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The town offices that currently share Canaan House will have a new neighbor starting August 30, as the Newtown school district plans to open what officials call “an alternative high sc...
Published: Aug 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Almost all Newtown residents and many passersby have come to recognize the building set a little ways back on South Main Street; the big windows greet customers and travelers all the same. Inside, however, tells a bit of a different story.
Owners Tom...
Updated: Aug 15, 2025 at 08:45 AM
Young Miss Eliza Brennan had quite a showing last weekend at Newtown Congregational Church for her baptism. Four generations of the Brennan and Janco families were joined by NCC members for the special event during the August 10 worship service. ...
Published: Aug 15, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Dozens of people enjoyed an evening of great food, drinks, and company at Friends of Newtown Seniors’ (FONS) second annual Summer Soirée on August 1.
Held at Aquila’s Nest Vineyard, the event promised to be a moment for Newtown residents to relax and...
Published: Aug 15, 2025 at 07:00 AM
One of the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) projects on the budget this year was a complete replacement of the HVAC system for C.H. Booth Library. When the budget passed on April 22, the staff and volunteers for the historic building were thrilled. Las...
Published: Aug 15, 2025 at 07:00 AM
On July 1, the Transfer Station implemented a new save-as-you-throw (SAYT) program to help incentivize residents to reduce their contributions to municipal solid waste. The town-branded blue bags are now the only form of trash bag that is allowed at ...
Published: Aug 15, 2025 at 07:00 AM
The 11U Newtown Hawks had another remarkable season as this group, in early August, clinched its second New England Regional championship. Newtown has secured three Connecticut state titles and two New England Regional championships in the past three...
