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Patricia A. Vontobel

Published: Sep 15, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Patricia "Patty" Ann Vontobel, 86, a longtime resident of New Milford and Ridgefield, died peacefully at Bethel Health Care on September 14. She was born in Stamford, daughter of the late Morris and Helen Duane Vagedes. She was married to her beloved...

Agatha Christie Classic To Be Staged At The Little Theatre

Published: Sep 15, 2016 at 12:00 AM
This fall, Town Players of Newtown will be staging Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, and opening night is Friday, September 30, at 8 pm.The Mousetrap's original West End cast included Richard Attenborough as Detective Sergeant Trotter, and his wife Sh...

Choral Society Seeking New Voices To Join Current Roster

Published: Sep 15, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Choral Society, under the direction of Mary Andreotta, will begin its 30th season when rehearsals commence on Wednesday, September 21, for a January 2017 concert.Psalm 30 and Faure's Cantique De Jean Racine. The program will also incl...

Turning A Bad Decision Into A Good Decision

Published: Sep 15, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Admitting to a blunder takes some courage, and it is to his credit that Botsford Fire & Rescue Chief Wayne Ciaccia owned up to a "bad snap decision" in allowing political signage be posted on Botsford fire trucks taking part in the September 5 Labor ...

9/11 Remembered At Intimate Annual Gathering In Dodgingtown

Published: Sep 15, 2016 at 12:00 AM
While thousands flocked to key sites in lower Manhattan, at the Pentagon, in Shanksville, Penn., and across the nation to events remembering the attacks of September 11, 2001, an intimate annual gathering before a striking stand of trees in Dodgingto...

Newtown Health & Public Safety Fair Relocates To Reed School Saturday

Published: Sep 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM
September 17 is the 23rd Annual Health and Public Safety Fair and organizers Mae Schmidle, Della Schmid, and Donna Culbert are very excited to welcome the MEGA Body Exhibit, a driving force for relocating the popular event from Newtown Middle School ...

An Offensive And Unbecoming Thought
By Peter Barresi

Published: Sep 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor: In response to Robbin Allen's letter to the editor on September 6, 2016. I take great issue with her rhetoric and accusation that somehow supporting one candidate over another might somehow impact an emergency response from not only Bo...

JoAnne S. Morse

Published: Sep 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM
JoAnne S. Morse, 76, of Grayson, Ga., formerly of Bethel, died September 9 after a gallant fight with kidney failure. She was born in Syracuse, N.Y., to Marcelline Konseck Sessler and Leo Vincent Sessler. Her devoted husband of 54 years, Thomas R. "T...

Beverlee A. Costanzo

Published: Sep 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Beverlee A. "Bev" Costanzo, 70, died peacefully  August 31. Born in Bridgeport, she lived in Newtown, Old Lyme, and Niantic, before moving to Bradenton, Fla., in 2005. Her sister, Gayle Van Pelt; brothers, James and wife, Debbie, and William ...