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To the Editor: “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.” – Benjamin Franklin “I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and...

Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown will host Dan Wolinsky and his talk on “The Names They Left Behind,” stories of everyday words derived from people’s names, on Sunday, January 24, at 2 pm. Mr Wolinsky, who has lived in Danbury and Newtown for the...

Gytha Rock Darconte, 70, of Staten Island, died December 28. Born Gytha M. Rock in Oxford, England, she was 3 years old when she immigrated with her family to the United States, moving to the Bronx, and then settling in Newtown in 1951.  She was the ...

To the Editor: There was a theme on display at the State of the Union speech last Tuesday night. Did you notice? The empty seat between Michelle Obama and Gov. Dannel Malloy? Gabby Giffords front and center? The First Lady’s orange dress? The green r...

William A. “Bill” Kennedy, 93, of Brooksville, Fla., died January 16, at Hospice Care. He was born April 27, 1922, in the Bronx, but his family had summer homes in the Forest Drive area of Sandy Hook, since the 1920s. Mr Kennedy served in the Army in...

The Police Commission’s plans to hire a new police patrol officer have again been delayed, with that hiring now expected to occur by April. The person would fill the vacancy that was created by the resignation of Steven Santucci, 39, a sergeant, who ...