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The first time I saw the “Earthrise” photo, taken by the Apollo 8 flight engineer Bill Anders from moon orbit on Christmas Eve 1968, I remember thinking how like a snow globe the earth appeared. Our planet’s sphere was in a gibbous phase and appeared...

Last year, two people collaborated to build and then put lettering on a wooden box that could be used to collect letters to Santa during the Sandy Hook Tree Lighting celebration. This year a Newtown High School sophomore responded to a call for help,...

Last year, two people collaborated to build and then put lettering on a wooden box that could be used to collect letters to Santa during the Sandy Hook Tree Lighting celebration. This year a Newtown High School sophomore responded to a call for help,...

Two seasons ago, Newtown High School’s hockey team raised a Division III state championship banner. Last winter, inexperience — ten players graduated from that title-winning bunch — led to a four-win campaign, and no playoffs. That brings us to the 2...

Toni and Tom Catalina welcome family, friends, and “anyone who comes to the door” to their Butterfield Road home during the Christmas season and beyond, when Mr Catalina’s expansive Christmas village is on display. The result of 35 years of collectin...

Competence and character are words used to describe written and audio contest winners in the recent Pilot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy student essay contests through Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 308. Students received their awards during a ceremony ...

Chartwells School Dining Services resident dietitian Jill Patterson and chef Alfonzo DeMasi were ready on Thursday, December 10, to serve up a special side of jicama kale slaw to students at Middle Gate as part of Chartwells’ Simply Good program. The...

Town police have scheduled a sobriety checkpoint for the evening of Friday, December 18, and early morning hours of Saturday, December 19. Police will set up the checkpoint on a road where they will briefly stop and interview each driver passing thro...

December 21, 1990 Sewer avoidance outside the proposed sewer district and sewers within it are both in Newtown’s future, First Selectman Zita McMahon said following a special meeting on the subject this week. Sewer avoidance — or “septic managem...

A little bee reminded us this week to thinks of others. A bumblebee garden ornament showed up Monday morning, planted next to the door of the Bee office (carefully enshrouded within a plastic bag, which was kind, considering it was rainy and dreary)....