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Ben’s Lighthouse is looking to connect with high school volunteers. On Wednesday, September 9, at 6 pm, the organization will host a high school volunteer night at Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street. The event seeks to inform local high school ...

Making a list and checking it twice is not just for Santa Claus. Newtown Labor Day Parade organizers were checking lists once, twice, and maybe multiple times more as coordinating the parade entries got underway, early Monday morning, September 7, at...

WILTON — Nationally known gardening expert Sydney Eddison of Newtown will present “Change: The Passage of Time in the Garden,” on Friday, September 18, from 11 am to 1 pm, at Wilton Historical Society, 224 Danbury Road, Wilton. It will be held in the...

While the immediate victims of 12/14 — 26 families, two injured teachers, and 12 witness/survivor children — will continue to be served on an “as-needed” basis within current limitations, the Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation (NSHCF) will initi...

“Your brother is dead….” That early morning call from her mom came 25 years ago, but Newtown Police Officer Maryhelen McCarthy remembers the moment like it was yesterday. Long before she envisioned a career in law enforcement, Ms McCarthy was jolted ...

Besides welcoming nearly a dozen first-timers to the line of march, Newtown's annual Labor Day Parade had everything the near record crowd of attendees expected. Clowns and cows, fire trucks and a funk band joined sports teams, community organization...

The Board of Finance voted unanimously August 27 to adopt additional criteria to Newtown’s Debt Management Policy, which helps inform and guide officials on the issuance, management, evaluation, and reporting on municipal debt obligations. The amendm...

Newtown Woman’s Club is ready to begin sales of its newest pewter Christmas ornament. The 2015 ornament — which has once again been produced by Woodbury Pewterers, Inc — depicts Newtown Hall at Fairfield Hills. The building was one of three that stoo...

Monday morning, Main Street and the Borough will reverberate with the rum-pa-pa-rum of drums, clip-clop of horse hooves, blasts of fire sirens, and so much more will signal Newtown’s end of summer extravaganza is once again underway. The 54th Annual...