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Published: Sep 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Occupation: I am a documentary filmmaker. My most recent film, Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past, just came out on DVD and iTunes. I've been working in television production since 1984, in some form or other. Initially, I had wanted to...
Published: Sep 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The obituary in The New York Times last week for Thomas Meehan, of Broadway fame, caught the eye of Tom Dwyer. Mr Meehan, Tom tells us, was a summertime resident of Newtown for more than 20 years, until about 1995. The man who wrote the books for Ton...
Published: Sep 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
September 4, 1992
The Labor Day Parade, an annual community tradition here since 1962, is scheduled to kick-off at 10 am on Monday. The parade will follow its usual route from the ambulance garage on Main Street to Glover Avenue and Queen Street...
Published: Sep 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
This coming Monday, before throwing steaks on the barbecue, playing a pick-up game of Wiffle ball with the kids, or sinking into the luxury of a shaded hammock, thousands of people will populate Newtown's center of town for the annual Newtown Labor D...
Updated: Feb 29, 2024 at 10:43 AM
As self-appointed responders team with expanding organized efforts to help rescue and support residents in Houston and surrounding communities hardest hit by Hurricane — now tropical storm — Harvey, several former local residents checked in with The ...
Published: Sep 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Cultural Arts Commission (NCAC) Chair Laura Lerman announced September 1 that the deadline for arts organizations seeking to apply for 2017 grants has been extended.newtownartscommission.org/arts-community/grants-scholarships.
For its Sixth A...
Published: Aug 31, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Bernard G. McCutchan, 95, of Sandy Hook died peacefully August 29, at his home. He was born in Weston, W.Va., on June 22, 1922, a son of the late Sarah (Blagg) and George McCutchan.
Mr McCutchan was raised in Weston and was a graduate of West...
Published: Aug 31, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The fifth annual Newtown Yoga Festival, presented by The Avielle Foundation's Spark Project, welcomed nearly 300 yogis to the NYA Sports & Fitness Center on Saturday, August 26, from 9 am to 4 pm.
This year's event sought to focus on honoring strengt...
Published: Aug 31, 2017 at 12:00 AM
This story has been updated to reflect information received from Your Healthy Pet, extending the original Thursday deadline to Friday.
Your Healthy Pet, the pet supply store at 61 Church Hill Road, has announced it is collecting donations of pet...
Published: Aug 31, 2017 at 12:00 AM
"The discussion in front of us is not about value or merits of the Leaps of Faith," said First Selectman Pat Llodra, during an August 17 Board of Selectmen's meeting. The three selectmen and other officials all say "this is an extraordinarily valuabl...
