Search
146706 results returned for search: ""
Published: Apr 01, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I totally disagree with the editorial last week [Editorial Ink Drops, “Death and Dignity,” 3/27/15] glorifying physician assisted suicide.
The American Medical Association (AMA) code of ethics rejects physician-assisted suicide. The AM...
Published: Apr 01, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
A person who commits suicide deprives himself of the ability to follow the example of Christ by uniting his sufferings to Christ’s. The people around the person are also deprived of the chance to follow Christ by caring for this person...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Jonathan Lambo, 30, of Sandy Hook died peacefully March 29. Born October 31, 1984, in Staten Island, N.Y., he was the son of Pat and John Lambo of Sandy Hook.
Mr Lambo went to Newtown High School and graduated from Porter and Chester Technical School...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Máirtín O’Connor Trio have toured the world with legendary Irish singer Christy Moore, with Australian guitar master Tony Emmanuel, and with the beloved fiddler Martin Hayes’ Masters of Tradition ensemble. They have played to full capacity audien...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
A free mattress and book recycling point will be part of this year’s Earth Day Festival. The festival will return to the front lawn of Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street, on Saturday, May 2, from 10 am to 4 pm.
The new addition is being by the Ne...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Each year, just prior to Memorial Day, members of Newtown Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 308 place new flags on the graves of all veterans buried in Newtown, a way of honoring departed service members each May.
This year, said Donna Monteleone Randle,...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Recognized by critics, audiences and professional musicians alike for its uniquely polished and passionate performances, the Dorian Wind Quintet is known worldwide as one of chamber music’s preeminent and longest continuously-active ensembles.
The qu...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Fire Marshal Bill Halstead announced March 26 that the open burning season is extended to May 15 to allow residents sufficient time to burn small brush for its disposal.
Open burning season normally starts on November 1 and extends to April 1, but th...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
First Selectman Pat Llodra is recommending to the Board of Selectman that action on the community center project “not go forward as planned” on April 28, in a statement released Tuesday, March 31. “It is my belief that our community is best served if...
Published: Mar 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Ronald R. Russell, 70, of Sandy Hook, beloved husband of Deborah L. (Switser) Russell, died March 29. Born in Trenton, N.J., he was raised in Milford, spending many years there before moving to Sandy Hook.
Mr Russell proudly served as a sergeant in t...
