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To the Editor: A huge victory for Newtown students, Newtown taxpayers, and bipartisanship in government this past Friday. In a truly bipartisan move, and over the objection of Governor Malloy, the Connecticut House and Senate passed the Republican-pr...

To the Editor: The 5th Annual Claris Construction Inc Summer Jam Children's Concert Series recently concluded with new times and an additional location for the 2017 series. Tuesday evenings were for families as this seven-week series of award-winning...

The girls' volleyball teams from Newtown High School and Joel Barlow of Redding matched up for the second time in a handful of days, on September 18, as the Nighthawks visited Barlow. Newtown prevailed in a five-game match at home on September 13. In...

To the Editor: In a March 15 meeting held before the Newtown Legislative Council regarding the budget and the state's plan to charge towns for teacher's pensions, Secretary of Office of Policy and Management Ben Barnes said that the state couldn't ha...

To the Editor: During the fall of 2016, I had the honor of interning with Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra. While working with community leaders I was able to work on a multitude of issues to help improve the quality of life for residents, ranging ...

To the Editor: Early Saturday morning, with the help of several courageous Democrats, both chambers of the General Assembly passed a two-year state budget for the biennium that began on July 1. This budget makes cost-saving structural changes to stat...

Ilidio Lopes Amorim, 93, of Hamden, loving husband of 66 years to Belmira Leite Amorim, died September 19, at Vitas Hospice in St Mary's Hospital, Waterbury. He was born on November 26, 1923, in Vilarelho de Raia, Chaves, Portugal, son of the late Jo...

Erika Rekofsky, 91, former longtime resident of Norwalk, died peacefully on September 20 at Middlebury Convalescent Home. She was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on August 24, 1926, the youngest child of Clara and Arved Guslawski. Her son Stanley Rekofsky and...

Newtown High School's girls' swimming and diving team defeated visiting Joel Barlow of Redding 100-83 on September 15 and went on the road and defeated New Fairfield 99-80 on September 19. Top Nighthawk results from the Barlow meet are as follows: 20...

The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission (SHPMC) met September 14, at Newtown Municipal Center, and approved the permanent memorial's submission guidelines for designers. After months of constructing and fine-tuning the details and dates for the ...