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To the Editor: Transitions can be hard but having a strong bench to take up the reins can make change an opportunity for renewal and a chance to prosper even more. After ten years of public service, and the chance to serve Newtown in many amazing way...

To the Editor: It is our honor and pleasure to endorse Mark Boland for a second term on the Newtown Board of Finance. Mark Boland has demonstrated that he has the understanding and the financial expertise to be entrusted with critical decisions regar...

To the Editor: "Out with the old, in with the new" is usually a phrase associated with a desire for change, but not in this case. When I decided not to run for Legislative Council this year, I worried about who would fill the void I left. Who would b...

Matthew Madden, 24, formerly of Newtown and New York City, was serving time as a prisoner on Wednesday, October 11, at Cheshire Correctional Institution in Cheshire, having been sentenced on September 29 by a judge to an effective 90-day jail term on...

Carol Martinson Taylor, 93, of Danbury, died peacefully September 27, at Hancock Hall following a brief illness. She was the wife of the late F. Bradford Taylor of Norwalk. Born in Albany, N.Y., June 17, 1924, she was the daughter of the late John Ma...

Following lengthy discussion at an October 11 session, Borough Zoning Commission (BZC) members unanimously approved a 72-bed assisted-living complex for a 3.97-acre site at 37 Church Hill Road (Route 6), known as Church Hill Village.The Newtown Bee.P...

Marvin Seymour Zimmer, 88, of Trumbull, husband of the late Wilma (Spewak) Zimmer, died peacefully October 11, in Bridgeport Hospital. He was born in Torrington, son of the late Harry and Ida (Wolff) Zimmer. Mr Zimmer was a post World War II veteran,...

Joan (Wright) Weber, 95, of Stratford, beloved wife of the late Raymond Smith who died in battle during World War II, and the late Edward Weber, died October 9, with her daughter and caregiver, Sandra Lee Pandora, with whom she resided, by her side. ...

The Newtown High School Chorus group is teaming up with Ingersoll Auto of Danbury to raise funds for uniforms, scholarships, and other items that help support the award-winning NHS music program through a Buick Drive For Your Students fundraiser on O...

The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) is scheduled to conduct three public hearings in connection with a nonprofit group's proposal to create an animal sanctuary at a 34-acre site off Old Farm Road at Fairfield Hills. The P&Z session is slated to ...