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Published: Nov 25, 2015 at 12:00 AM
A trio of Newtown High School athletes recently signed their National Letters of Intent to play sports at the collegiate level, and one committed to bringing her game to the next level as well, this past week.
Katie Laaksonen will attend the Universi...
Published: Nov 25, 2015 at 12:00 AM
“Hallo, my fine fellow! ... Do you know the Poulterer’s, in the next street but one, at the corner? … Do you know whether they’ve sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there? — Not the little prize Turkey: the big one?” —Ebenezer Scrooge
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Published: Nov 25, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The next Inter-District Community Dance Project, combining students from Newtown and Region 15 (Southbury and Middlebury), and sponsored by Washington (Conn.)-based After School Arts Program (ASAP) begins December 2.afterschoolartsprogram.orgVisit
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Published: Nov 25, 2015 at 12:00 AM
There are always many reasons to give thanks this time of the year. Newtown resident Fred Ferris has been grateful, the past two Thanksgivings, for the gift of dialysis.
“I was always grateful for dialysis, because it allowed me to live,” Mr Ferris s...
Published: Nov 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I am writing to express thanks and gratitude for the extraordinary efforts made on behalf on Interna-tional Education Week during November 16-20.
International Education Week is a joint initiative of the US Department of State and the ...
Published: Nov 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Police Department is reminding motorists to “Click It Or Ticket.” As part of a national seatbelt enforcement campaign, law enforcement agencies around the country will be stepping up enforcement just ahead of one of the busiest travel weekend...
Published: Nov 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Editor's Note: Race officials announced on the afternoon of November 25 that the Thanksgiving morning Newtown Turkey Trot 5K run has sold out. Some spots remained open for the walk, but t-shirts may not be available.
A pair of Newtown Thanksgivi...
Published: Nov 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
A path worn by many passing feet leads to a large stone. Take a left.
From there, rows of newly planted native crab apple trees reach across Nettleton Preserve — a Newtown Forest Association (NFA) property. They stand amid remnants of an existing orc...
Published: Nov 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
All town offices will be closed on Thursday, November 26, and Friday, November 27, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
The transfer station at 4 Ethan Allen Road will be closed both days; it will reopen on Saturday on its regular schedule (7 a...
Published: Nov 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Beatrice B. Piskura, 88, of Prospect, and previously a longtime resident of the Hawleyville section of Newtown, died November 22, in St Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury. She was the wife of the late Michael J. Piskura. She was born in Danbury, April 29, 19...
