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Snapshot: Lisa Janco

Updated: Apr 02, 2026 at 03:19 PM
Family: My husband Kevin, our children and son-in-law and daughter-in-law-to be, and our grandchild. Pets: We have one very spoiled pandemic dog. How did you meet your husband? We met through a friend of ours who we’re still friends with,...

Contact DEEP, Not Local Dispatchers, With Bear Sightings

Updated: Apr 01, 2026 at 08:32 AM
Public sightings of bears have been collected by the CT Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) Wildlife Division since bears began returning to the state in the 1980s. Reports are used as a gauge of the population’s distribution as we...

Hawley School Holds Annual Spring Book Fair

Published: Apr 01, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Hawley Elementary School kicked the spring season off in a big way — with its annual spring book fair that ran from Monday, March 16, to Friday, March 20. The school's gymnasium was once again lined with shelves and tables for the special occasion, ...

How To Report Bear Sightings

Published: Mar 31, 2026 at 07:30 AM
While it will take an extra minute over simply calling 911, CT DEEP asks Connecticut residents to contact them — not local emergency dispatchers — to report bear sightings. Anyone who observes a black bear in Connecticut is encouraged to report t...

Local Fourth Grader Invites Community To ‘Gaming For Change’

Published: Mar 31, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Jack Liberta, a fourth grader at Head O’Meadow, is part of the School Community Team program. This team works all year on a community-based project that will benefit Newtown in some way, like raking leaves, but Liberta became a little bit more creati...

NHS Treats Local Seniors To Dinner, Special 'Mamma Mia!' Performance

Published: Mar 31, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Wednesday, March 18 was a special evening for local senior citizens, as Newtown High School’s PTSA and student government treated them to a dinner and special performance of the school’s spring musical, Mamma Mia!. Seniors filled rows of tables set u...

Marcella Pauline Munson

Published: Mar 30, 2026 at 03:53 PM
Our vibrant and creative mother has passed. Marcella was a beloved teacher, talented artist, passionate gardener, daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, friend. Marcella Munson, 94, formerly of Heritage Village, Southbu...

Fire Reports | March 18-25, 2026

Updated: Mar 30, 2026 at 09:53 AM
Wednesday, March 18: 1:35 pm, motor vehicle accident (MVA), 78 Lebbon Road, Botsford responded; 3:03 pm, vehicle fire, Mt Pleasant Road and Diamond Drive, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 6:16 pm, tree/wires down, 60 Castle Meadow Road, B...

Be Part Of The Tammy’s Garden Support Team

Published: Mar 30, 2026 at 07:30 AM
Anyone who has walked by or driven by Tammy’s Garden at Newtown Municipal Center during the growing season knows what a wonderful addition this garden is to the greater Fairfield Hills campus. Hundreds of trees, shrubs, perennials, and flowering bulb...