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Published: Jul 09, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Representatives for a local church were scheduled to meet with town land use officials on July 9 at a “pre-application meeting” to discuss aspects of the church’s major mixed-use proposal to construct a new church, a large multifamily housing complex...
Published: Jul 09, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Shoplifting Incident
At about 10 am on July 3, police responded to the Big Y supermarket at Newtown Shopping Village at 6 Queen Street after receiving a complaint that a shoplifting incident had occurred there.
Police said their investigation fo...
Published: Jul 09, 2015 at 12:00 AM
In a collaborative partnership, Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS) and Newtown Prevention Council (NPC) have been awarded a grant from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the Connecticut Strategic Prevention Framework Coali...
Published: Jul 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
By Nancy K. Crevier
When Fred Ferris puts an olive in his mouth and likes it, he will know if it is myth or fact that kidney recipients sometimes take on the likes and dislikes of the donor. "I hate olives, so if I like it…" said Mr Ferris.
He is hop...
Published: Jul 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Board of Education voted to increase the superintendent of schools’ contracted salary by three percent and to extend his contract by one year at its special meeting on Wednesday, June 24.
The decision came among a series of votes on agenda items ...
Published: Jul 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
When a husband and wife don’t communicate, they sometimes end up finding out surprising – even shocking – things about one other. That’s the premise of The Problem by AR Gurney, one of the plays featured in Town Players of Newtown’s “Hot August Night...
Published: Jul 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Nathan “Nate” S. Hoyt, 88, of Danbury, husband of Sharon (Smith) Hoyt, died July 5 at his residence. He was born November 17, 1926, in Portland, Maine, and was a son of the late Phyllis (Hamilton) and Raymond Hoyt.
In addition to his wife of 30 years...
Published: Jul 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
With regard to my comments about the road bonding resolution at the Town Meeting on Monday, the article appearing this week missed the main point of my concern. I said that I would vote for the resolution because of the deplorable cond...
Published: Jul 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The town will use its capital nonrecurring fund to purchase five heavy vehicles for the Parks and Recreation and Highway Departments, and will structure an internal leaseback arrangement that will save taxpayers in excess of $35,000 that would have g...
Published: Jul 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
When Fred Ferris puts an olive in his mouth and likes it, he will know if it is myth or fact that kidney recipients sometimes take on the likes and dislikes of the donor. “I hate olives, so if I like it…” said Mr Ferris.
He is hopeful he will one day...
