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Updated: Jan 17, 2025 at 08:22 AM
A tough bunch of games in a row have challenged the Newtown High School girls’ basketball team. Following a 33-25 win at Joel Barlow of Redding, which Newtown Coach Jeremy O’Connell describes as one of the toughest gyms to play a game against an alwa...
Published: Jan 17, 2025 at 06:50 AM
All in all, Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team has been competitive and has proven it can stick with just about any team it plays. That is good news.
Unfortunately for the Nighthawks, they have found themselves on the short end of three very...
Updated: Jan 17, 2025 at 03:15 PM
The long-delayed ability to add a user’s full name has been instated and with it, the paper’s new policy requiring a first and last name from users who post comments on our website.
These changes come in response to requests from readers — and really...
Published: Jan 16, 2025 at 02:42 PM
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Newtown Woman’s Club, Inc, GFWC, we wish to thank you for your support of our annual ornament sales. Our annual Christmas ornament sales are the signature fundraiser for our organization.
Thank you to all who purchased...
Published: Jan 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
First responders spent nearly an hour looking for a male driver after he rolled a sedan on Berkshire Road and then left the scene early Friday morning.
Jose J. Calix-Dominguez, 21, of Monroe, is facing three charges after walking away from the crash....
Published: Jan 16, 2025 at 08:47 AM
The proposed 2025-26 Education budget includes cuts to 28.11 full-time equivalent positions, Superintendent of Schools Anne Uberti revealed as she detailed a proposal to Board of Education members during their Tuesday, January 14, meeting.
The budget...
Published: Jan 16, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Theresa Ann (Grande) Long, 81, of Newtown, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2024. Born on December 1, 1943, in New York City, she was the cherished daughter of the late Joseph and Celia Grande.
Theresa was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmothe...
Published: Jan 16, 2025 at 07:00 AM
July 14, 1993 to January 17, 1996
On clear and silent nights,
when we are gazing at the stars,
one always shines the brightest
and we know that one is ours.
For it’s our very own twinkling star who lives in heaven’s care
and whose precious little fee...
Published: Jan 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are saddened to announce the passing of our brother, brother-in-law, uncle and friend David L. Eisenbach on December 13, 2024.
David was born on June 20, 1967, in Danbury. He is joined in heaven with his mother and father Arlene and Sam Eisenbach....
Published: Jan 15, 2025 at 07:30 AM
How do you pronounce your name? “peh-GEE,” which is how my mother always used to pronounce it. My birth name is Margaret, but my mother always called me this. I didn’t know my name was Margaret until first grade, when the nuns told me. My mother ...
