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Newtown Boy Scouts have been serving coffee and donuts to holiday travelers for about three decades. While coffee stops used to be set up for most major holidays, the program has dwindled down to Boy Scout Troop 370, who continue to offer free coffee...

From May 18 to May 31, town police will heighten their enforcement of seatbelt use by motorists as part of a state and national enforcement project known as “Click It or Ticket — Day & Night.” Newtown, Redding, Bethel, and Brookfield police will join...

Emoticons, Braille, and Morse code are among the various forms of language featured in the Boy Scouts of America’s newest merit badge, Signs, Signals, and Codes. Introduced in February by Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the badge is the 135th addition t...

A nature walk and educational tour of the future site of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary was held on Saturday, May 9. The event was open to the public and the tour was led by Andrew Mangold, a forest gardener and permaculture expert. Th...

The seeds I try to get into the ground earliest in the spring, are my peas. Even when the ground is too cold for other crops, a little digging around loosens the soil enough so that peas can be dropped into the holes, with visions of pea plants and t...

It has been a long time coming, but a veteran police officer has been elevated from patrolman to supervisor, with the promotion of Scott Ruszczyk to the rank of sergeant. Sgt Ruszczyk, 46, was sworn into his new rank in May 1 ceremonies at Town Hall ...

Town Finance Director Robert Tait released information to local officials recently detailing insurance claims paid by CIRMA — the Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency — Newtown’s provider of municipal risk financing and risk management servi...