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Published: Jul 05, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Summer has officially begun. The kids are out of school, the days are longer, and the weather is warmer. This combination makes summer the perfect time to get out and explore. Here are suggestions for daytrips within an hour's drive of Newtown that w...
Published: Jul 05, 2017 at 12:00 AM
To The Editor:
I am surprised to learn that our town's Economic Development Commission intends to provide tax incentives to multi-unit housing developments. Our town certainly needs to increase the tax revenues by attracting businesses to Newtown and...
Published: Jul 05, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Henry "Hank" Erickson of Danbury died June 29 at Regional Hospice in Danbury after a short, but courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Monroe on July 16, 1933, and was a former longtime resident of Newtown.
He will be remembered for his love o...
Published: Jul 05, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Boy Scout Troop 370 celebrated its newest Eagle Scout on June 24, when Matt Tassiello was honored during his Court of Honor. The special event was conducted at Dickinson Memorial Park, and among its guests were Selectman Will Rodgers (himself...
Published: Jul 03, 2017 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
The Connecticut DOT has recently issued three important policies that address pollinator habitat along roadsides. Those policies include reduced mowing, plant replacement plots, and establishment of native plants at new construction si...
Published: Jul 03, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has approved creating a two-lot residential subdivision on a semirural parcel lying on the northeast corner of Mt Nebo Road and Ox Hill Road. The scenic narrow dirt Ox Hill Road links Mt Nebo Road to Hundred A...
Published: Jul 03, 2017 at 12:00 AM
In anticipation of the ramping up of hurricane season, Newtown's Emergency Management Team, Director Bill Halstead and Deputies Maureen Will, Donna Culbert, and Rob Sibley, are urging residents to seriously take inventory of their preparedness, regar...
Published: Jul 03, 2017 at 12:00 AM
D. Anna (Germano) Pizzuti Enke, 98, a longtime Danbury resident, died peacefully at Glen Hill Nursing Home on May 28, with her family by her side. She was born on June 8, 1918, in Mamaroneck, N.Y., a daughter of Bernarda (Germani) and Gaetan...
Published: Jul 03, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Marie L. Guerrera Villano, 95, of Newtown, beloved wife of the late Patsy Villano, died peacefully July 1, surrounded by her loving family at her home. Born in Bridgeport on May 4, 1922, she was a daughter of the late Donato and Raffaela Coscia Guerr...
Published: Jul 03, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Charlotte Kalley, 89, a longtime Newtown resident, died peacefully June 30. She was born May 16, 1928, daughter of Elfrieda and Adolph Milen in Far Rockaway, N.Y., where she lived until her marriage on September 18, 1949, to James Kalley. They lived ...
