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Updated: Dec 18, 2024 at 03:17 PM
Newtown’s three main boards — the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Finance, and the Legislative Council — heard a presentation from the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority (HRRA) about moving to a pay-as-you-throw plan for waste at a joint meetin...
Published: Dec 15, 2024 at 08:00 AM
Community members came out in full force for The Garden Club of Newtown’s Holiday Greens & Gift Sale on Saturday, December 7.
Held in The Great Room of Newtown Congregational Church, the annual sale has been a long-standing tradition in town for over...
Published: Dec 15, 2024 at 08:00 AM
Firefighters, families, friends and local business owners celebrated the holiday season with the 14th annual lighting of a tree last weekend at Hawleyville.
Published: Dec 15, 2024 at 07:00 AM
In 2014 Sandy Hook’s John Gonski started running not knowing where his road race path would take him. On December 1 he joined elite company having completed the journey in the Run 169 Towns Society, a group of runners dedicated to completing a race i...
Updated: Dec 14, 2024 at 09:24 AM
Dozens came out for the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library’s annual Holiday Sale on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8.
Held in the lower meeting room of C.H. Booth Library, the sale featured a wide selection of holiday and gift items for peo...
Published: Dec 14, 2024 at 08:00 AM
Grace Family Church, 13 Covered Bridge Road, will present its Third Annual Drive Thru Nativity, complete with Mary and Joseph, Jesus, live manger animals, wise men, angels, and other characters.
The special event, an opportunity to learn about the tr...
Published: Dec 14, 2024 at 08:00 AM
Santa visited Sandy Hook at HillTop Kitchen on Sunday, December 8. Santa listened to what the children wanted for Christmas and smiled for photos. He also sang songs with the children to get into the holiday spirit.
Over 90 gift bags were created to ...
Published: Dec 14, 2024 at 07:00 AM
The holidays often bring about a mixture of emotions — joy, nostalgia, and sometimes, deep grief. As someone who has endured the tragic loss of my six-year-old son, Jesse, at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I understand all too well the dance between l...
Published: Dec 13, 2024 at 04:00 PM
December 17, 1999
HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER OF Al Penovi.
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The Police Commission has started explaining to an arbitrator its job termination against Police Chief James E. Lysaght, Jr, describing why it believes the 50-year-old Sandy Hook resid...
Published: Dec 13, 2024 at 03:24 PM
Carmela L. Vatelle, 93, of Newtown, passed away December 9, 2024 peacefully at home.
Carmela was born February 5, 1931, in Stamford, a daughter of Carmelo and Lucia (Citarella) Roda.
She was predeceased by her husband Edward J. Vatelle Jr.
She was a ...
