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Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
NEW FAIRFIELD — The field at New Fairfield High School hasn’t been too kind to the Nighthawks in recent years. Newtown High School’s boys’ lacrosse team almost earned a win their last year, but fell a goal short. Newtown, didn’t have to wait long to ...
Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I am writing in support of the municipal and education budgets and want to encourage all Newtown voters to vote in the budget referendum on Tuesday, April 22.
As a parent, I want to share my support of the education budget, in particul...
Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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...
Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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...
Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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...
Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School’s boys’ golf team won its first three matches of the season as the Nighthawks went into play on Thursday with a visit to Bunnell of Stratford.
The Nighthawks opened the regular campaign against visiting Brookfield at Rock Ridge Co...
Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
The Arthritis Foundation New England Region has named 8-year-old Ashley Guerrera of Newtown the Youth Ambassador for the 2014 Danbury Walk to Cure Arthritis. As an ambassador, Ashley will be a large part in helping the Danbury Walk to Cure Arthritis ...
Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Even a ninth straight South-West Conference championship didn’t fully heal the wound New Fairfield left the Newtown High School girls’ lacrosse team with last spring. The Rebels, during the 2013 regular season, ended Newtown’s six-plus season winning...
Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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...
Published: Apr 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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 ...