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It may be December, but the fact that it feels sort of like April is affording Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ indoor track and field teams the opportunity to use the Blue & Gold Stadium track and field as if it were the spring campaign. The c...

The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) conducted its annual election officers at its December 17 session, reelecting Republican Robert Mulholland to a third one-year term as the chairman of the land use agency. Republican member Frank Corigliano no...

The defending South-West Conference, Class LL, and State Open champion Nighthawks kicked off their campaign with a 46-16 triumph over visiting Pomperaug of Southbury, on December 16. The Nighthawks followed up the victory with a third-place team fini...

Instead of “Eek, a mouse!” it is “Ooh! A mouse!” when Peg Forbell’s friends and family see what she has in her hand. That is because the mice she shows off are not the nibbling rodents that come with most country homes, but tiny whimsies made from ma...

Despite having a completely new starting lineup, Tim Tallcouch, coach of the Newtown High School boys’ basketball team, isn’t worried about easing his players into fulltime varsity action. Case and point: A pair of nonconference games against FCIAC t...

Members of Newtown High School’s boys’ swimming and diving team expect to continue to perform well, as they did in the season-opening 91-79 victory over visiting Masuk of Monroe on December 21, but how the Nighthawks rack up victories and record fast...

Deann LeBeau, 77, died peacefully in Brooksville, Fla., December 9. She was born June 13, 1938, in Springfield, Mass. She graduated from East Hampton High School in 1956, and achieved her undergraduate degree at West Virginia Wesleyan in 1960, earned...

Down 4-1 in the third period, Newtown High School’s hockey team rallied to tie the score to force overtime — then prevailed for a 5-4 victory over host Wilton, at Ridgefield’s Winter Garden Rink, on December 21. Sean Ferris netted the game-winner, as...