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Published: Dec 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
There will be books galore at the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library book sale this Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6, in new and like-new condition. But the Friends also receive many new gift items that are offered at amazingly wonderful prices, ...
Published: Dec 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Donna Marie Fontaine Bowe, 69, of Newtown and New Fairfield, died peacefully December 1. Born on December 23, 1945, in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Marie and Eugene Fontaine.
She graduated from Danbury High School and Western Conne...
Published: Dec 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
In 1887, The New York World’s “girl correspondent,” Nellie Bly, committed herself to Blackwell Island Mental Institution (now Roosevelt Island) in order to investigate, first hand, and report on the conditions there. Her experiences, published in The...
Published: Dec 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
In reviewing a proposal for the site of a permanent memorial honoring the memory of the 26 people killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, Police Commission members are recommending that video surveillance be considered an important c...
Published: Dec 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
“Give a meaningful gift this holiday season,” a flyer for the upcoming American Red Cross Blood Drive and food drive at Newtown Middle School reads.
The drive is set for Tuesday, December 8, and it is being sponsored by Cluster 8 Purple. The event is...
Published: Dec 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
Thanks to all five fire companies of Newtown, under the organizational leadership of Karin Halstead, for their support and manpower in conducting the Thanksgiving food drive. For the 15th consecutive year the drive was a huge success....
Published: Dec 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Way We Were
December 7, 1990
State Crown For Newtown! Cap Zito has seen a lot of football in his time. He estimates that he’s missed only a handful of his son Bob’s games since he started playing. Bob, of course, was hired l...
Published: Dec 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Just in time for the start of the holiday season, many Newtown families were able to participate in a special preview of the Disney-Pixar movie The Good Dinosaur at Edmond Town Hall on November 24.
More than 1,300 people attended the free event, whic...
Published: Dec 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Thomas Connors wondered, could the Fairfield Hills property be used particularly for events? Mr Connors chairs the board overseeing the town-owned space.
“We already have events, but we don’t have the infrastructure to hold events in a way that we mi...
Published: Dec 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
DUI Arrest
Police report they received a call about 5:32 pm on November 28 reporting that a black Lexus GS-350 sedan with a specified marker plate was being driven erratically on South Main Street in Botsford, so police then sought and found the...
