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Published: May 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
For the annual Argentina Day, held this year on Friday, April 24, at Newtown High School, Spanish 4 students studied the history of the country, read stories about Argentina, ate Argentinean food, and learned how to tango.
In the school’s gymnasium, ...
Published: May 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Town Players of Newtown current production of Lanford Wilson’s Fifth of July transports audiences back a few decades, to the post Vietnam war era. Despite the time frame, audiences will find the circumstances and situations involving the lives of...
Published: May 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Near the start of its meeting on Tuesday, April 21, the Board of Education held a Celebration of Excellence to honor the Newtown High School wrestling team.
NHS Athletic Director Gregg Simon introduced the wrestling team to the board, and said, “I’ve...
Published: May 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School’s boys’ lacrosse team carried a five-game winning streak, and an 8-2 overall record, into a scheduled May 7 visit to New Fairfield, at 4 pm. The winning ways have included a trio of nail-biting one-goal contests, including two thi...
Published: May 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
C.H. Booth Library will present a six-session writing program, “Epistolary Writing For Adults,” beginning Thursday, May 7.
An epistolary story or novel is written as a series of documents, such as correspondence, letters, telegrams and other writings...
Published: May 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
John Kolb Engelberger, 84, of Brookfield died peacefully March 28. He was born December 31, 1930, to Irene Kolb and Joseph Heinrich Engelberger, in Bridgeport.
His brother Joseph F. Engelberger of Newtown; daughters Jan Durand and Kim DeBoer, and her...
Published: May 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
The volunteers from the Friends of C.H. Booth Library held their usual Spring Donation Day event on Sunday, April 19. Once again, it was a pleasure seeing so many generous towns people bringing boxes, bags, and trunk loads of books, C...
Published: May 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown author Diana Baxter will be at Queen Street Gifts & Treats, 3 Queen Street in Newtown, on Saturday, May 9, from 3 to 5 pm, for a book signing of her recently revised and republished novel, Dubois Manor. The book, part of a trilogy centered on...
Published: May 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I am very disappointed and concerned, as all Newtown residents should be, with the recent decision of the Charter Revision Commission to propose language that will maintain a majority of 5 of 7 members from one political party on the B...
Published: May 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
A Newtown Police Department sergeant and a dispatcher at the town’s emergency communications center are among eight men who have been arrested by federal officials as part of an alleged drug trafficking ring.
Among those arrested are Sergeant Steven ...
