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Anxiety about the first day of school is not limited to kindergarteners and children starting a new school. Younger children, even those with a year or two of school behind them, may experience a new or repeat bout of separation anxiety, and children...

The Board of Selectmen has appointed seven residents to what is expected to be a slow and thoughtful analysis of all town public facilities with a focus on Town Hall South, the current Newtown Hook & Ladder headquarters, and the multipurpose building...

To the Editor: My name is Tom and I am a proud Newtown skateboarder who uses the skate park at Dickinson [Park] on an almost daily basis, and I recognize an ongoing problem. Whether its because my peers were denied the upbringing I had, or its that t...

James “Jimmy” Bassett, 57, of Barefoot Bay, Fla., and formerly of Danbury, died August 20, after fighting end-stage heart disease for more than 14 years. He was born in Danbury, September 20, 1956. In addition to his wife of 25 years, Sue Sheehan Bas...

Stephen John Dawson, 56, of Stormville, N.Y., died August 22. He was born in Flushing, N.Y., December 18, 1957, to Geraldine (Rehmann) and John W. Dawson. On May 1, 1983, he married the love of his life, Lisa (DeSimone) in Fishkill, N.Y. He graduated...

Arlene Stanley, 76, of Fairfield died peacefully August 20. Born in Camden, N.J., to Ann (Walsh) and Arthur Stanley, she was a longtime area resident. Her loving brothers Michael J. Stanley, and his wife Joanne, of Newtown and Arthur M. Stanley, and ...

Parents and school community members should have received a letter within the past two weeks from Director of Dining Services Dan Shields and Resident Dietitian Jill Patterson, RD,  from Chartwells School Dining Services, to introduce its new Simply ...

Joseph “Jack” Harry Gillespy, Sr, 78, a resident of Stratford for more than 40 years, formerly of Bridgeport and always a proud “South Ender,” died August 16 at St Vincent Medical Center. He was born in Bridgeport, a son of William J. and Catherine W...