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Published: Aug 01, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Jim Hamlin came close to opening his own motorcycle shop “two or three times” over the course of his 25-plus-year career. It was not until this May, however, that it all fell into place and Hamlin Cycles, owned by the Newtown native, opened its doors...
Published: Jul 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
The Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) has scheduled a public hearing on a proposed 23-lot cluster-style residential subdivision for late August.
IWC members decided at a July 28 session to hold the public hearing on The Preserve at Newtown proposal on...
Published: Jul 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Fire officials are expressing a range of concerns about a proposal to shift the town's radio dispatching for emergency 911, police, fire, and ambulance calls from the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at 3 Main Street to the Northwest Connectic...
Published: Jul 31, 2014 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, July 24: 7:21 am, wires down, near 9 Knollwood Drive, Hook & Ladder responded; 8...
Published: Jul 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
In the inaugural season of the 16-year-old Prep Division of Connecticut Babe Ruth Baseball, the Newtown 16U team traveled to North Haven and captured the state championship on Saturday, July 26 by beating Fairfield in the semifinals and North Haven i...
Published: Jul 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Jeanne Ann Oberg Granniss, 82, formerly of Bridgeport and Newtown, died July 27 in Gloucester Point, Va. She was born in Bridgeport, May 14, 1932, and was the daughter of the late Rebecca (Muirhead) and Carl Oberg.
She graduated from Warren Harding H...
Published: Jul 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
The Newtown Renegades beat New Fairfield 9-4, Southbury 7-3 and New Milford 6-0 but came up short twice against Danbury, 6-2 and 5-4, in the double elimination Cal Ripken 11U Connecticut State Tournament at Rogers Park in Danbury this past week.
Danb...
Published: Jul 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
It has been about nine months since the Board of Selectmen appointed 12 volunteers to the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission. We learned from the panel last week that in that time, the commission has begun an “outreach process” to various group...
Published: Jul 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
The 9th Annual Newtown Road Race 5K and Kid’s Run will take place at Dickinson Park on Saturday, August 30. Nike presents the 5K race and the Newtown Prevention Council is sponsoring this year’s Kids Run to benefit Newtown Youth & Family Services.
Th...
Published: Jul 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
About 250 people turned out on the morning of Saturday, July 26, at Dickinson Park off Elm Drive for the dedication ceremonies of FunSpace II, the town’s elaborate new playground that replaces the FunSpace playground there, which was demolished last ...
