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Published: Nov 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM
We expect the town officials we elected last week to collectively serve us in ways that are spelled out in detail in our town charter. We also expect them to serve as our proxies at long, and often boring, meetings we really would rather not attend. ...
Published: Nov 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Horse Guard Swords Stolen
Sometime between October 30 and November 7, someone entered a storage building at the grounds for the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard at 4 Wildlife Drive, Fairfield Hills, and stole two decorative sabers, police s...
Published: Nov 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown’s volleyball team, the No. 20 seed in the Class LL field, visited No. 13 Trumbull and lost 3-1 (20-25, 25-18, 26-24, 25-16) in the first round of the state tournament, on November 9. Newtown went 11-8 in the regular season, and Trumbull was 1...
Published: Nov 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM
With a hand across her heart, Donna Monteleone opened Wednesday’s Veterans Day ceremony with a prayer for the “devotion of those who have fought for freedom, and those who laid down their lives.”
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 308 chaplain and a...
Published: Nov 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School’s field hockey team, seeded 15th in the Class L bracket, blanked No. 18 Amity of Woodbridge 3-0 in a qualifying-round contest, under the lights at Blue & Gold Stadium, on November 9. The Nighthawks, 8-6-1-1 (wins, losses, ties, ov...
Published: Nov 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
My neighbors and I have been attending Planning and Zoning meetings regarding the proposed development of property near Exit 9 in the Hawleyville district since August. On the night of November 5th we were there until midnight.
At thi...
Published: Nov 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
Yacko to the rescue…
Our family would like to give a heartfelt thank you to members of the Yacko & Sons Tree Service Company. On Friday October 30th we realized our cat was missing. The search was on for our cat, a Siamese named Poppy....
Published: Nov 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
James Bishop, 74, of Seymour, beloved husband of the late Phyllis Nadeau Bishop, died November 5 in his home, following a sudden illness. Born October 9, 1941, in Bridgeport, he was the only child of the late Irene (O’Hara) and James E. Bishop.
Mr B...
Published: Nov 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown’s fifth grade football team defeated Shelton 49-20 in the Shoreline Youth Football Conference semifinals, this past week.
After receiving the opening kickoff, the Vikings wasted no time, scoring on the second play from scrimmage to take a 6-0...
Published: Nov 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Police are reporting a rash of thefts from unlocked parked vehicles overnight from late Saturday, November 7, to the early morning hours of Sunday, November 8, in the residential neighborhoods centering on Currituck Road and Walnut Tree Hill ...