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Published: Jan 09, 2017 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you this New Year to NYA Sports & Fitness for all it has done and continues to do for our community. NYA Sports & Fitness frequently goes above and beyond what is expected or generally known. F...
Published: Jan 09, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Eleanore Natalie Farrell, 100, a Newtown resident for 53 years, died peacefully at her home on January 6, with her family present. She was the wife of the late Leo P. Farrell, Jr, of Newtown. She was born in Bridgeport, the daughter to the late Natal...
Published: Jan 07, 2017 at 12:00 AM
We use them all the time, and never give them a second thought - idiomatic expressions. Those are the phrases we use that have a different meaning than the words used to express them.
We "hold our horses," "bark up the wrong tree," and "kick the buck...
Published: Jan 07, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Lucas O'Brien's overtime goal, his third of the game, lifted Newtown High School's hockey team to a dramatic 4-3 win over New Milford, at Danbury Ice Arena, on January 6. The hat-trick lifted the Nighthawks to their fourth straight win.Girls Topple S...
Published: Jan 07, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Eighth grade students in Newtown Middle School computer integration teacher Rachel Smith's classes spend the rotation working on applications for Android devices. This rotation's round of projects cover a wide range of interests, according to Ms Smit...
Published: Jan 07, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Keeping borrowing and debt service as conservative as possible in 2017 without jeopardizing any planned projects, the Legislative Council voted 11-1 to approve the town's five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) during its first meeting of the year, ...
Published: Jan 07, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The Board of Selectmen on January 3 unanimously endorsed amending the current year's authorized Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) allocations to position enough funding to complete a unique open space preservation initiative involving a local working fa...
Updated: Feb 22, 2021 at 10:09 AM
Perhaps you have sat down and put your vocabulary — and some luck — to the test in the game of Scrabble. Did you know the original wooden game pieces were made right here in Newtown?
A tool box once belonging to Sarah and Bill Mannix, who had their o...
Published: Jan 06, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Veronica W. Seavey, 89, of Southbury died at her home January 5. Mrs Seavey was the wife of the late Chester W. Seavey, Sr. She was born in Bridgeport on February 1, 1927, a daughter of the late Clara (Mercznak) and Andrew Willey.
Before moving to So...
Published: Jan 06, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The newest member of Newtown's legislative delegation pulled no punches, offering harsh criticism after Governor Dannel P. Malloy presented a brief, 29-minute State of the State address to open up the 2017 Legislative Session, Wednesday, January 4.
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