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Published: Mar 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Following an extended meeting on Thursday, March 3, the Board of Finance recommended a 2016-17 budget proposal to the Legislative Council totaling $114,901,744. If left as is by the council and approved by taxpayers at an April 26 referendum, the bud...
Published: Mar 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Memorial services for Rita Arlene (Schirmer) Platt, 87, former resident of Danbury and Newtown, who died February 10 in Melbourne, Fla., will take place Saturday, March 19, at 11 am, at the United Church of Christ, 283 Main Street North, Southbury. S...
Published: Mar 14, 2016 at 12:00 AM
In a move to boost attendance and spur business activity at the seasonal Farmers Market at Fairfield Hills, the market is seeking a zoning rule change that would allow prepared foods to be sold at the weekly market sessions.Market at Fairfield Hills ...
Published: Mar 13, 2016 at 12:00 AM
With Newtown Middle School's musical production of Fiddler on the Roof Jr showing April 1-3, students were already rehearsing scenes and songs on Thursday, March 3, under the guidance of technical director Andrew Tammero.Fiddler on the Roof Jr center...
Published: Mar 13, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Cochran House at Fairfield Hills was named in the 1950s for Alice Cochran, who was once the Fairfield Hills state mental hospital's Board of Trustees chairman.
According to Town Historian Dan Cruson, "Cochran House was built in 1956 and named in hono...
Published: Mar 13, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Easter is early this year, and so are Newtown's Easter egg hunts - on Friday, March 18, and Saturday, March 19. There is no fee for either event, both being organized by the Parks and Recreation Department. Register online at parks.newtown-ct.gov.
Pa...
Published: Mar 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Middle Gate Elementary School fourth grade students moved from station to station on Friday, February 26, during the school's annual Diversity Day.
School parent Jen Chaudhary welcomed students near the start of the event, explaining how they would m...
Published: Mar 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
After technical review, the Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) has approved a town project to improve five sections of the Pond Brook streambank that runs alongside Pond Brook Road in Hawleyville.
At a recent IWC session, the streambank reconstruction ...
Published: Mar 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Song, dance, music, and theater together on Wednesday, March 2 were part of a closing ceremony to wrap up The Avielle Foundation's Spark after school program winter semester. The afternoon at the NYA Sports & Fitness Center also included laughter, ap...
Published: Mar 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School's musical production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast will run next week from March 16 to 20, and for the first time a breakfast for children with characters from the show is being offered, Saturday, March 19.
According to the pro...
