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To the Editor: Newtown, please vote Yes for the education budget on Tuesday April 22nd!  Why? Because the proposed budget takes into account declining enrollment, current and future planning, and doesn’t play a “cat and mouse” game with the bottom-li...

To the Editor: RE: "Regional Dispatching Plan Raises Concerns," April 3, 2014. It certainly does raise my concerns and it should raise the concerns of every citizen of Newtown as well as those who work in Newtown as I do. Concern #1: Response time. A...

To the Editor: I was dismayed recently to find bittersweet plants among the offerings in the garden shop of The Christmas Tree Store in Danbury. What they are selling is labeled as “native” and “non-invasive” – celastrus scandens. Technically, this i...

While some of the statistical improvements are incremental, Newtown Prevention Council Co-Chair Judy Blanchard took the opportunity during National Alcohol Awareness Month to review specific results from the latest local survey of youth related to al...

To the Editor: This year’s budgets carefully address numerous concerns expressed by many. In general, schools, roads, and taxes are the most frequently heard topics. The Board of Education, Board of Selectmen, Board of Finance and the Superintendent ...

To the Editor: On Tuesday, April 22, Newtown voters go to the polls to determine the fate of the proposed budgets for the next fiscal year, 2014-2015.   We strongly encourage voters to respond affirmatively to the proposed spending plan of the Board ...