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Published: Jul 31, 2025 at 02:05 PM
To The Editor:
Running for First Selectman is an extraordinary honor, and I’m grateful for the trust the Democratic Town Committee has placed in me. I pledge to serve the residents of Newtown with every resource and ounce of energy I have.
As I consi...
Published: Jul 31, 2025 at 02:03 PM
To The Editor:
Last week, while in earshot of a six year old, I used the word “stupid” — not to describe a person, but to describe an object. The child quickly admonished me by telling me that “stupid” was a bad word that we shouldn’t say. I responde...
Published: Jul 31, 2025 at 01:59 PM
To The Editor:
There are two principal reasons why we have a town wide and Town paid recycling program in Newtown. First, it was created to meet the mandates of the State of Connecticut for towns to meet standards aimed at reducing the proportion of ...
Updated: Jul 31, 2025 at 08:45 AM
Donald Edward Weeden passed away on July 24, 2025, at his home in Danbury. He was 95 years old.
Known as “The Maverick of Wall Street,” Weeden advocated against fixed trading commissions and pushed for greater competition and transparency in the fina...
Updated: Jul 31, 2025 at 08:10 AM
Becoming an influencer is never easy and LeahJoy Pearson gives people an opportunity to begin.
For those who don’t know, Pearson is a poet from Southbury, who hosts her own show called “Speak Your Mind.” The writer uses Newtown Spectrum’s local acces...
Published: Jul 31, 2025 at 07:00 AM
A surprising truth most of us don’t realize is that one out of every four mammals on this earth is a bat. Often maligned, these gentle nighttime flyers have long been the subject of Halloween horror stories. Yet their critical role in pollination, pe...
Published: Jul 31, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Tickets are on sale and now the cast is official for the next production by Town Players of Newtown.
The local community theater will stage Edward Albee’s searing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? weekends, September 10-October 5.
The classic American ...
Published: Jul 30, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Family: My husband Paul, my son Nick and his wife Victoria, and my daughter Olivia and her husband Andrew.
How did you meet your husband? At the Ethnic Festival at Rogers Park in Danbury in July 1988.
Do you have any pets? Yes, we couldn’...
Published: Jul 29, 2025 at 08:00 AM
On Wednesday, August 13, the C.H. Booth Library will be hosting a webinar titled “Women and Money Roundtable: How to Make Sense of Today’s Financial Markets.” This webinar will be hosted by Julia Strayer and Liz Maccarone. The webinar will talk about...
Updated: Jul 29, 2025 at 08:59 AM
Newtown Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corp (NVAC) are teaming up to bring community CPR classes to Newtown. The first class on Saturday, July 19, was completely full. All 18 spots were taken within a few days of th...
