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Throughout the day on Thursday, May 29, people stopped by Newtown High School to participate in the school’s Peer Leadership-hosted Bone Marrow Donor Registry Drive. The event is an annual one for the group, and Peer Leadership co-advisor Vivian Shee...

A range of participating organizations and representatives gathered at booths inside Newtown High School’s gymnasium on Wednesday, May 21, for the school’s annual health fair. From 9 am until 1 pm high school students could make their way through the...

A range of participating organizations and representatives gathered at booths inside Newtown High School’s gymnasium on Wednesday, May 21, for the school’s annual health fair. From 9 am until 1 pm high school students could make their way through the...

Since February 14, customers have been pouring through the doors to sample the fare offered at Barnwood Grill, 5 Queen Street, nestled next to the Bottle Stop and Caraluzzi’s Newtown Market. The official opening for Barnwood Grill was February 12. Th...

Middle Gate Elementary School’s PTA hosted a “Middle Gate Madness” event Friday evening, May 23. Although the rainy weather affected a number of planned outdoor activities, many of the attractions were moved inside and the event, from there, reported...

Those lost to cancer were remembered: “To my lovely sister who I miss so much, I love you,” said one handwritten message on the Wall of Remembrance displayed during this year’s 2014 Relay for Life on May 31, its tenth in Newtown.  The message continu...

Flag Day is Saturday, June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, in 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Fl...

Flag Day is Saturday, June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, in 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Fl...

Edwin John “Jack” Harrison, Jr, 73, of Newtown died peacefully at Danbury Hospital on May 30, the 50th wedding anniversary of his marriage to Beryl. He was born in Philadelphia May 1, 1941, the only son of Anna Peterson Harrison and Edwin John Harris...