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Youth Creative Writing Series To Launch In January

Published: Dec 16, 2015 at 12:00 AM
C.H. Booth Library, at 25 Main Street, will host a new series of creative writing sessions for young adults in grades 6-8. The winter session, which will begin after the new year, will explore the tools of fiction, including character, place, situati...

The 55th Annual Pancake Day

Published: Dec 16, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor: The Newtown Rotary Club would like to thank all the people who came out to support our 55th An-nual Pancake Day.  It was a wonderful event to celebrate the holiday season with family and friends enjoying the best pancakes and sausages,...

Theater Review: A Devilishly Delightful Deconstruction Of The Holidays

Published: Dec 16, 2015 at 12:00 AM
RIDGEFIELD — Everybody’s holiday season would shine much brighter with a performance of Wreck The Halls, Ridgefield Theatre Barn’s current yuletide offering.  This unabashedly bawdy, irreverent holiday song fest, written and directed by Bradford Blak...

Tough Start With Hopes Of Strong Finish For Girls' Cagers

Published: Dec 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
No sense putting your toe in when you can jump right in to truly test the waters. Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team is doing a collective/proverbial cannonball splash into action once again this winter as the Nighthawks begin the campaign ...

David W. Jones

Published: Dec 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
David W. Jones, 46, of Barrington, N.H., died December 11. Born October 8, 1969, in Bronxville N.Y., he was a son of Sylvia (Haas) and Ronald Jones, Sr, both of Newtown. Mr Jones attended Henry Abbott Technical High School, Class of 1989. He worked i...

Fellow Officers Rally To Support Resident Fighting Cancer

Published: Dec 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
“Now more than ever Andy Wall will need the support of his community,” states a letter of explanation on a fundraising page to support the Sandy Hook resident. Earlier this fall Ofc Wall underwent surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor, and faces ...

Malloy Orders Flags Lowered For Second Time This Week

Published: Dec 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
HARTFORD — Governor Dannel P. Malloy has directed State of Connecticut flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of State Representative Terry Backer (D-Stratford), who reportedly died during the overnight of December 14-15. The 61-year-old had repo...

Tractor-Trailer Truck Rolls Over Onto Exit 11 Median

Published: Dec 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
A tractor-trailer truck, which was hauling a load of tires on the Exit 11 off-ramp of Interstate 84 mid-day on Tuesday, December 15, flipped over and landed on its left side near the end of that ramp where the roadway curves sharply to the right, nea...