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Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 03:28 PM
To the Editor:
l have been attending the open meetings of the P&Z Commission as they hear the plans for a Section 8-30g development of two four story apartment buildings on a narrow spit of land between Berkshire Road (Rt 34) and Oakview Road in Sand...
Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 03:27 PM
To the Editor:
I applaud the town’s ‘Save As You Throw’ initiative and the progressive efforts to encourage waste reduction through reuse and composting. My family has participated in the pilot since 2023, and we are pleased to see it becoming perman...
Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 02:04 PM
People outside of Newtown sometimes have misconceptions about this lovely place. Each staff member here has heard at least once, when discussing with a non-Newtown resident about working for a newspaper here in town, “Nothing happens in Newtown.” Tho...
Updated: Feb 20, 2025 at 03:34 PM
The Borough Zoning Commission approved, with seven stipulations, an application for a cluster subdivision at 20-60 Castle Hill Road at a meeting last night.
The commission voted 4-1 to approve the application, with members Douglas Nelson, David Franc...
Updated: Mar 01, 2025 at 03:25 PM
UPDATE (Saturday, March 1, 2025): This program is being postponed; new date TBA.
UPDATE (Tuesday, February 25, 2025): This press release has been updated to correctly reflect the date of the "Aging Powerfully" program.
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Updated: Feb 20, 2025 at 09:20 AM
On Thursday, February 13, the Planning & Zoning Commission held a special meeting after the February 6 meeting was snowed out. The commissioners discussed once more the proposed development at 22 Oakview Drive and 4 Berkshire Road.
The original plans...
Updated: Feb 20, 2025 at 09:01 AM
On Tuesday, February 18, the Economic Development Commission recognized commissioner Bruce Walczak for completing the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) certification. CCM is the state’s largest nonpartisan organization of municipal leade...
Updated: Feb 20, 2025 at 09:25 AM
Do you have any nicknames? Eli
Family: My dad, my mom, and one younger brother.
Pets: Two cats.
How long have you lived in Newtown? I’ve lived in Newtown for just over 13 years.
Career? I’m currently a freshman at Trinity College ...
Published: Feb 20, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Gary Wayne Clark, Sr, 66, of Newington, passed away unexpectedly on February 16, 2025.
He was born in Newtown on September 22, 1958, a son of Ralph Irving Clark and Louise (Norton) Gudim.
He was a 1977 graduate of Newtown High School. Gary worked for...
Published: Feb 19, 2025 at 04:00 PM
Joseph (Joe) Michael Collins, 99, of Amesbury, Mass., passed away on January 27, 2025 of natural causes after a life well lived.
Joe was born in Boston on January 23, 1926. After graduating from Ashland (Mass.) High School in 1944, Joe served in the ...
