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To the Editor: Politics is the art of helping people solve common problems. Of course, citizens must agree what those problems are. In 2013, my definition of Newtown's problem was that we needed to heal. To be whole again, we had to bring our childre...

Dominick Michael Protomastro, 86, died October 22 in Newtown. He was born October 30, 1929, in Hoboken, N.J., and was a longtime resident of Ridgefield and New York City. His devoted wife, Olga, of 66 years, as well as his six loving children and the...

To the Editor: Friends of the C.H. Booth Library held their usual Fall Donation Day event on Sunday, October 23. Once again, it was a pleasure seeing so many generous townspeople bringing boxes, bags, and trunk loads of books, CDs, DVDs, books on CD,...

To The Editor:60 Minutes and in other national media outlets for efforts to assist the long-term unemployed. In recent years, The WorkPlace, the Workforce development board for Southwestern Connecticut, has expanded services and geographic coverage o...

To the Editor: I'm writing to voice my intent to vote for Eva Zimmerman for state representative of the 106th District. Eva is the advocate Newtown needs. An outstanding community such as Newtown needs an outstanding representative. Eva is that outst...

To the Editor: I first met Mitch Bolinsky several years ago when he and I served together on Newtown's Economic Development Commission on which we worked to support and attract businesses to town to both add to the business community and to help ligh...

To the Editor:www.thenewtownfund.org. The holidays are my favorite time of year, and every year, and they are especially gratifying because of the Holiday Basket program put on by The Newtown Fund. I want to reassure everyone in our community that an...

To the Editor: I am writing to show my support and endorsement for our State Representative Mitch Bolinsky. Mitch is running for his third term and I would encourage all Newtowners to vote for him. Mitch has worked hard with our other two state repre...

Cristino "Christy" Civitillo, 93, formally of Bridgewater, died October 20 at Maplewood Newtown Assisted Living. He was born December 2, 1922, in Sepino, Italy, and immigrated to the United States with his parents and siblings in 1936 at age 14. He s...

The St Rose of Lima School had its 5K Run and Walkathon fundraiser at Fairfield Hills on Sunday, October 16, from 1 to 4 pm. The event was organized to build community with its members and raise funds for the school. Attendees enjoyed a variety of fu...