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Published: May 09, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Middle School student Laura Augenbraun, daughter of Deborah and David Augenbraun of Sandy Hook, recently decided to raise awareness and money for Newtown-Strong Therapy Dogs. The decision was for her social service community project, somethin...
Published: May 09, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Students inside Middle Gate Elementary School’s gymnasium on Tuesday, April 28, cheered, clapped, and sometimes participated with the Zuzu African Acrobats performance, which was sponsored by the school’s PTA.
Middle Gate Principal Chris Geissler sai...
Published: May 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor those who died in service to this our country.
In 1915, during World War I, Dr John McCrae visited a cemetery in Flanders, France. While there he noticed how the p...
Published: May 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
According to a May 7, 2015 article in The Newtown Bee, “the Community Center project will, in part, be funded through a $15 million gift from the GE Foundation in the wake of 12/14”. This $15 million amount was to be broken down into ...
Published: May 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The theater at Edmond Town Hall will offer a free screening of McFarland USA on Saturday, May 9.
Kevin Costner’s latest film, according to Internet Movie Database, follows “a struggling coach and teacher [Costner] who has had to move around for diffe...
Published: May 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
BRIDGEPORT (AP) — A Connecticut man won't serve prison time for making harassing calls to Newtown schools claiming the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School was fabricated.
Thirty-year-old Timothy Rogalski of Wallingford received a suspended ...
Published: May 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
It appears, at least for this year, state labor unions will not agree to help some of the agencies their own members depend on for support when they are in times of crisis.
The idea of adjusting certain prevailing wage conditions, which some say adds...
Published: May 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
As state budget cuts threaten to eliminate funding for the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard, efforts to preserve the more than 200-year-old militia unit continue.
State Representative Mitch Bolinsky (R-106), said May 4 that the horse guard was e...
Published: May 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
I read at www.screenfree.org that May 4-10 was (is still) “Screen Free Week,” and the fur on my back stood up. And that led me to realize how connected we are to screens of all kinds. Turning off the computer screen at work turned out not to be an op...
Published: May 08, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School’s tennis, golf, baseball, and softball teams continued winning ways with victories to cap the first week of May.
The girls’ tennis squad extended its winning streak to eight matches with a 5-2 victory over New Fairfield on May 6 a...
