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The era of HealingNewtown programs is coming to an end. Launched in January 2013 by Newtown Cultural Arts Commission (NCAC), with the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut and the Connecticut Office of the Arts, the HealingNewtown project has offe...

Following a July 17 public hearing, the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) approved the construction of an 18,750-square-foot mixed-use two-story building at a 2.35-acre site at 146 South Main Street (Route 25), in which the lower level would be co...

With a mixture of welcome back embraces and shy, hidden faces, a group of young men and women from New York City stepped off a coach bus as it arrived in Newtown Tuesday afternoon. Holding a handmade sign that read: “Welcome back Joseph” was Newtown ...

July 28, 1989 At what seemed to be the quickest endorsement ever, Monday, July 24, members of the GOP unanimously chose Joseph E. Borst, Sr, for the office of first selectman and K. Michael Snyder as his running mate. Although Mr Borst was on va...

The 12.14 Foundation is well into rehearsals for two productions that will be presented at Newtown High School next month. The world premiere of A Rockin’ Midsummer Night’s Dream is a new musical version of Shakespeare’s story adapted by Michael Unge...

About 2:33 am on Sunday, July 20, police received a call reporting that a vehicle had driven off the road and gone down an embankment alongside Hawleyville Road (Route 25), near the Brookfield town line. Police responded to the area to investigate an...

Town Players of Newtown will continue its summer of laughs with a special production of Fully Committed by Becky Mode, who has created a show for those who love the hilarity of fast-paced farces. Fully Committed follows a day in the life of Sam P...

Among this summer’s camp offerings through Newtown Continuing Education was a new science camp called “Design It, Built It, Launch It!” The camp, overseen and created by Fairfield fifth grade teacher Rick Lowry, is geared toward upper elementary and ...