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Thanks to a gift from the GE Foundation, the town of Newtown can design and construct a new community center. The gift of $15 million will be applied to fund construction and operation costs. Plans for a new community center at Fairfield Hills, which...

Lori Ann Heil, 53, of Augusta, Maine, died suddenly, but peacefully, December 23, at MaineGeneral Medical Center. She was surrounded by her family, her boyfriend, and a few close friends. She was born August 25, 1962, in Bridgeport. The family later ...

As Town Historian, Dan Cruson has opportunities to handle relics hundreds of years old, from antique tools to ledgers, to diaries and leather shoes. During the summer of 2014, a collection that came to the town from Bill Zilinek of San Diego, Calif.,...

As Town Historian, Dan Cruson has opportunities to handle relics hundreds of years old, from antique tools to ledgers, to diaries and leather shoes. During the summer of 2014, a collection that came to the town from Bill Zilinek of San Diego, Calif.,...

After a downright balmy December, Connecticut is finally experiencing very cold weather for the first time this season. Evening temperatures for Monday, January 4, are expected to dip down to 6 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Nort...

John Pavia, 79, a Newtown resident since 1969, died January 1. He was born in Faeto, Italy, February 16, 1936. He came to the United States in 1956 and met his soul mate, Thersina “Nella” Alagna, on Columbus Day, 1958, and made her the proud Mrs John...

Newtown High School's wrestling team placed second to the host Eagles in the Trumbull Duals, on January 2. Newtown defeated Londonderry, Vermont, as well as Masuk of Monroe, Notre Dame-Fairfield, and Xavier of Middletown, and fell to Trumbull.  Resul...

After 37 years as a town police officer, Michael Kehoe, who rose through the police department’s ranks from patrolman to chief, is retiring from municipal law enforcement. Chief Kehoe, 60, who joined the Newtown Police Department on July 1, 1978, wil...