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Published: Apr 16, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Stand for an hour or two in the middle of the Upper or Lower Paugussett State Forest with a petition in hand and see how many signatures you can get for restoring the $2 million cut from funds for state parks and forests in Governor Dannel P. Malloy’...
Published: Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
On rare occasions, one sees a concert so excellent that it becomes genuinely hard to come up with the words to describe it. The Máirtín O’Connor Trio’s show at Newtown Meeting House, hosted on April 10 by The Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society,...
Published: Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Philip James Scappatura III, 47, of Newtown died unexpectedly April 11. He was born January 31, 1968, in Port Chester, N.Y., and was the son of Patricia Mikula Scappatura and Philip Scappatura, Jr, of Newtown.
He graduated from Newtown High School in...
Published: Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Fraser Woods Montessori School will host its April open house for parents of prospective students at 10 am on Saturday, April 18, at the school, 173 South Main Street.
Faculty, administrative staff, and the director of admissions will be available to...
Published: Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
C. Marina Marchese, founder and owner of Red Bee Honey, will be the featured speaker at the upcoming meeting of the Garden Club of Newtown on Tuesday, April 28, at 1 pm, at C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street.
Ms Marchese, a beekeeper, lecturer and au...
Published: Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Governor Dannel P. Malloy has announced that in accordance to a from President Barack Obama, US and state flags should fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, April 15, in recognition of the national Day of Remembrance for President A...
Published: Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
When Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s budget arrived last month with a $2 million cut in the annual state parks budget, reactions were swift — and a bit on the melodramatic side.
“I just picked myself up off the floor,” Eric Hammerling, executive director...
Published: Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
SHERMAN — Orwellian London in 1984 is a dark, disturbing and dangerous place. Its essence is captured in Sherman Playhouse’s current production of George Orwell’s 1984, adapted by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall, Jr and William A. Miles, Jr. This drama...
Published: Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Rae Smith will be demonstrating in pastel at the next meeting of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) on Wednesday, April 22, at 1:30 pm.
This meeting is open to the public and will be in the lower level of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main St...
Published: Apr 15, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
My Mother, Gladys McLaughlin, passed away on April 4th, 2015, just one week shy of her 78th birthday. On behalf of my father, Denny McLaughlin, my two sisters (Elizabeth and Michele) and myself, I would like to extend our gratitude to ...
