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Published: Aug 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Board of Education approved a 25-cent increase for the district’s school lunch program during its meeting on August 18.
Business Director Ron Bienkowski explained the school board would normally have made its decision to renew the district’s cont...
Published: Aug 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps (NVAC) will host an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) course this fall.
Students must be at least age 16 by the completion of the course. Classes will run Tuesday and Thursday evenings, September 15 through Decembe...
Published: Aug 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I would like to post the following response to last Friday’s (August 18th) letter to the editor from Dr Michael Cassetta regarding his topic “A Discouraging Experience With Youth Sports.” I have since spoken to Dr. Cassetta but felt it...
Published: Aug 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
John Arnold Beckett, 85, a ten-year resident of Danbury, and former 26-year resident of Ridgefield, died at the Bethel Health Center August 22, following a long illness. He was born in Battle Creek, Mich., February 12, 1930.
His wife, Nancy Johansen ...
Published: Aug 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Frank Mason, 52, a longtime resident of Monroe, died peacefully August 21 at Yale New Haven Hospital, with his loving family by his side. Born October 1, 1962, in Bridgeport, he was the son of the late Ronald and Frances Carlo Mason.
His siblings and...
Published: Aug 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The men’s voices and laughter carried over the constant paddle smacks against a hollow plastic ball. Rushing the low net on a space smaller than a tennis court at Treadwell Park, Willy Drucker rushed to return a serve from Gavin Preis. They were play...
Published: Aug 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Hikers is an open group welcoming anyone interested in hiking and the outdoors. There is no membership fee.
Hikes are held Saturday mornings, with the group leaving from the lower rear parking lot of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street in Newtow...
Published: Aug 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor
My neighbors and I would like to thank the Planning and Zoning Commission for their concern and consideration in regards to the proposed mixed-use project in Hawleyville. The meeting went late into the night and all of the members of t...
Published: Aug 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Police Commission chairman has recommended that the five-member elective agency hold special meetings three or four times a year whose sole purpose would be to improve communications between the public and the commission.
Chairman Paul Mangiafico...
Published: Aug 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will welcome Dmitri Wright for an oil painting demonstration on Wednesday, August 26, at 1:30 pm. His subject will be a landscape.
The program will take place in the lower meeting room of Newtown Meeting...
