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Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Despite a brief and unsuccessful attempt to eliminate the school district’s requested 0.34 percent budget increase, the Legislative Council unanimously voted to send a budget plan to referendum representing the first tax rate decrease in memory.
On A...
Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
On Wednesday, April 8, The Town and Country Garden Club will host a program by club member Marilynn Klepfer on composting, a subject near and dear to the hearts of gardeners. The program will be held at Newtown Senior Center, within the multi-purpose...
Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown students and jazz bands earned recognition while attending and participating in the University of New Hampshire’s Clark Terry Jazz Festival on March 14.
The Newtown Middle School Jazz Band earned honorable mention, the Newtown High School Blu...
Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Elizabeth “Betty” Christensen died March 30, 12 days before her 100th birthday. She was born in Collingdale, Penn., on April 11, 1915, and had been a resident of Newtown since 1953.
She was predeceased by her husband, Willard L. Christensen, who was ...
Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I'd like to encourage Pat Llodra, the Board of Selectmen and all others who have focused their effort on this topic to gather new organizers and plan a series of forums over the next 9 -12 months. There needs to be new residents broug...
Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
If the wedding dress that Fiona (Emma Stierle) wore in the Newtown Middle School production of Shrek The Musical Jr, staged Friday, March 27, through Sunday, March 29, looked familiar, that’s because it formerly appeared on a window mannequin at Juli...
Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, March 26: No calls listed.
Friday, March 27: 7:01 pm, motor vehicle accident...
Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Stephen J. Link, 76, of Norfolk, Conn., died March 16. He was born November 9, 1939, and was the son of Irene Koteles Link and John J. Link, Sr. He was married to Regina Thomas Link for 55 years.
A graduate of Unquowa School and Roger Ludlowe High Sc...
Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
While local registrars withheld comment on the matter, Democratic Registrar LeReine Frampton said she and her Republican colleague JoAnne Albanesi were looking forward to reviewing the full detail of what she described as a “compromise bill” that was...
Published: Apr 03, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Occupation: I’m the founder and executive director of the Resiliency Center of Newtown, since 2013. Prior to that, I was a forensics social worker for the State of Connecticut Public Defenders.
Family: I have a son, Chase, who is 8, and a dau...
