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NHS Basketball Time Change; Additional Weather Updates Possible

Published: Jan 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
UPDATE: Newtown High's home swim meet versus New Milford has been rescheduled from today, January 12, to Thursday, January 14, at 4 pm, because of New Milford travel restrictions. Due to anticipated snow, Newtown High School’s basketball games for th...

Senator And Guest Anticipate A Powerful State Of The Union Address

Published: Jan 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
In a telephone interview prior to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union Address, Mark Barden, advocacy director and co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise, and the father of Daniel Barden, a victim of 12/14, said his anticipation of attending t...

Help Make Our World A Safer Place

Published: Jan 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor: In the Spring of 2014, I teamed up with Abbey Clements, my colleague at Sandy Hook School and formed SHS Educators 4 Gunsense. We had at that point, realized it was time to add our names to the growing chorus of voices that were demand...

Torpedoes Swim Laps To Benefit Scholarship Association

Published: Jan 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
The Newtown Torpedoes, a Parks & Recreation-sponsored swim program, held its annual Swim-A-Thon at Newtown High School on January 9. Money raised goes to the Newtown Scholarship Association to support The Daniel Barden Newtown Torpedo Scholarship, an...

Not Just For Kids: Coloring For Fun And Relaxation

Published: Jan 12, 2016 at 12:00 AM
They are everywhere you look — coloring books very much unlike the ones of childhood. The coloring books that are filling bins at craft stores and tumbling from shelves in bookstores are filled with pages of intricate, detailed drawings that demand f...

Henry S. Popowski, Jr

Published: Jan 11, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Henry S. Popowski, Jr, 70, of Florida, cherished father of three, beloved husband, and son of the late Henry Popowski, Sr, and Nellie Popowski, died December 31, after a long battle with cancer. Born on September 19, 1945, he grew up in Connecticut. ...

Newtown Faces A Hobson's Choice On The Community Center

Published: Jan 11, 2016 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor: Legend has it that Hobson was an inn keeper who would tell his guests “you can ride any horse in the stable, as long as you take the horse closest to the door.” The people of Newtown are being given a “Hobson’s Choice” when it comes to...

Margaret Ann Le Blanc

Published: Jan 11, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Margaret Ann “Peg” Le Blanc, 73, of Brookfield died peacefully in Newton, Mass., January 11, after a long battle with dementia. She was the widow of the late Gerard W. Le Blanc. She was born in Queens, N.Y., June 24, 1942, to Frances (McCarthy) and J...

High Meadow Is The Wrong Place For A Memorial

Published: Jan 11, 2016 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor: Placing the Sandy Hook Memorial in the High Meadow open space at Fairfield Hills is a bad idea. The High Meadow is an environmentally sensitive area providing food and sanctuary for important pollinators and ground-nesting birds. It is...