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Nor'easter Expected For The Weekend

Published: Jan 22, 2016 at 12:00 AM
UPDATED (Friday, January 22, 2016; 4:42 pm) The first big snow of the new year may arrive this weekend. Meteorologists have been watching a storm form all week, and now it looks as if southern New England may have some winter weather to contend ...

The Way We Were

Published: Jan 22, 2016 at 12:00 AM
January 25, 1991 Mike McCarthy and Milton Adams rolled the aerial truck of the Newtown Hook and Ladder Company up to the flagpole last Saturday morning to do a little flag waving. Newtown police lieutenant Dave Lydem, unofficial keeper of the fl...

Council Approves Teacher Contract, Lowers Capital Borrowing Limit

Published: Jan 22, 2016 at 12:00 AM
The Legislative Council unanimously approved a four-year teacher contract during a regular meeting January 20 that will have a total impact of just under $4 million through the 2019 fiscal year. At the same time, the council. in an 11-1 vote, moved t...

Divers Set Records As Hawks Defeat Bethel

Published: Jan 22, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School’s boys’ swimming and diving team earned a 100-83 victory over host Bethel, at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, on January 19. Divers Ian Humber and Kyle Gaynor both broke the team record with their scores. Humber p...

Joan A. Sorgen

Published: Jan 21, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Joan A. Sorgen, 80, of Sun City Center, Fla., died January 20 at Regional Hospice in Danbury, with her family at her side. Born in Fall River, Mass., a daughter of Arthur and Marie Dionne Pepin, she was a longtime Monroe resident until moving to Flor...

Lecture By Homeopathic Vets, January 29 At Your Healthy Pet

Published: Jan 21, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Your Healthy Pet will host a homeopathy lecture and book signing on Friday, January 29, at 6 pm. The free event will feature Dr Wendy Thacher Jensen and Dr Jeff Feinman, and will include a question and answer session.  Dr Jensen is a Cornell-trained ...

Jesse Lewis Nonprofit Gets NoVo Grant

Published: Jan 21, 2016 at 12:00 AM
The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement, a nonprofit organization created in honor of one of the first grade victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook tragedy, announced Tuesday, January 19, it has been named a recipient of a grant by the NoVo Foundation Fund, one...

Pelisson Nets Three As Nighthawk Hockey Team Skates To 10-2 Triumph

Published: Jan 21, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Matt Pelisson scored a hat-trick and Newtown High School’s hockey team skated to a 10-2 triumph over Shepaug-Litchfield-Nonnewaug at Linen Rink at Gunnery School in Washington, on January 20. Also scoring for Newtown were Scott McLean with a pair of ...

Boy Scout Open House Planned

Published: Jan 21, 2016 at 12:00 AM
UPDATE (Saturday, January 23): Due to the winter storm of January 23, this event has been postponed to Sunday, February 7. Newtown Boy Scout Troop 770 will host an open house Saturday, January 23, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm, in the Monsignor Weiss Gat...