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Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
It’s on to the Class LL state tournament quarterfinals for Newtown High School’s softball team. The sixth-seeded Nighthawks defeated No. 11 Westhill of Stamford 7-2 in the second round, at Newtown High, on June 4.
With the win, the Nighthawks will vi...
Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Burial for Newtown resident George William Wheeler, who died December 16, 2014, will take place Friday, June 12, at The Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., at 1 pm.
Mr Wheeler served with the Army, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, during World ...
Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Families United in Newtown (FUN) will host its final meeting of the school year on Sunday, June 14, from 3 to 6 pm, at Dickinson Park, 50 Elm Drive. The meeting and social activities, themed “Dancing in the Park,” are being held by the basketball cou...
Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will have an oil painting demonstration done with a painting knife by Joan Jardine on Wednesday, June 10, at 7:30 pm. The artist’s subject will be a landscape.
This program is open to the public, free of...
Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, May 28: 10:13 am, odor of gas outdoors, near 10 Blue Spruce Drive, Botsford res...
Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Police Chief Michael Kehoe’s announcement this week of his retirement seven months from now comes at a difficult time for the Newtown Police Department. Whenever a law enforcement agency faces allegations that one of its own has been flagrant...
Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The future does not arrive all at once by overnight express but emerges bit by bit through the often-overlooked interstices in our routine administration of the present. Take, for instance, Item 5 of new business on the agenda of the Board of Selectm...
Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
A cool and sunny Wednesday morning found Dawn Ussery pulling out weeds at The Victory Garden. She, Maureen Friedman, and Caryne-Lynne Davis, volunteers from The Taunton Press, cleaned up several rows at the community garden in Fairfield Hills, just o...
Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Newtown Chamber of Commerce is inviting all local business professionals to its next free monthly networking event at Sal e Pepe Contemporary Italian Bistro on Wednesday, June 10, from 8 to 9 am.
The guest speaker is Chris Farrugio of Spadaccino...
Published: Jun 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Anne Scarpa on May 26 thought she saw a dog in her yard from an upstairs window, then realized it was a bear. She and her daughter quickly took pictures as the bear “ate some vegetation, then went through a split rail fence.” She said it went in the ...
