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Fire Marshal Bill Halstead has announced that the annual open burning season is scheduled to start Saturday, November 1. Open burning permits, which are required for the activity, will start being issued Wednesday, October 29, at the fire marshal’s o...

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, October 16: 8:14 am, alarm, 24 Commerce Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook respo...

Alexander William DiSabato, 75, of Newtown died October 18. Born in the Bronx, N.Y., he graduated from the Police Academy in 1964 and served the City of New York in various Manhattan and Bronx Divisions and precincts before promotion to detective, wo...

Leslie Nogi Luminati, 72, a Ridgefield resident for 37 years, died peacefully October 18. She was born in Elizabeth, N.J., August 15, 1942, to Vida Evans Nogi and Alfred Nogi, first generation British and Hungarian immigrants (respectively), and educ...

To the Editor: I am writing to support Tony Hwang for State Senate. A couple years ago, my sister and I, along with our children, enjoyed a tour of our state’s capital building in Hartford. This trip had personal meaning as my father and our children...

To the Editor: I am writing this letter as a private citizen and not as a representative of any entity.  It’s hard to believe the 2nd anniversary of our heartbreaking tragedy is around the corner.  Before 12/14, I assumed common sense laws were in pl...