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Published: Feb 05, 2014 at 12:00 AM
A family ice skating party sponsored by Newtown Parks & Recreation for Friday night has been relocated. Instead of the temporary rink at Fairfield Hills, the February 7 event has been moved to the Dickinson Park pavilion rink.
The party which will ru...
Published: Feb 05, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Herbert J. “Buddy” Draney III, 79, of Newtown, died peacefully January 31, at Danbury Hospital. He was born in Paterson, N.J., January 22, 1935, to Ann and Herbert Draney. He lived most of his life, raising a family, in Wyckoff, N.J., before moving t...
Published: Feb 05, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Joining the charitable efforts emanating from Newtown to employ the performing arts as a healing mechanism in the wake of 12/14, The 12.14 Foundation announced this week the selection of platinum-selling country music singer-songwriter Scotty McCreer...
Published: Feb 05, 2014 at 12:00 AM
In an effort to help foster business opportunities in the greater Newtown area, the Newtown Chamber of Commerce continues to host free monthly networking events open to all local business professionals.
The next event will be held at Sal e Pepe Conte...
Published: Feb 05, 2014 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
In most parking lots for businesses, a brightly painted area of diagonal yellow lines indicates a no parking area. In Newtown, it serves as an area to park.....at least in the Big Y shopping center, adjacent to Dunkin Donuts and Salon ...
Published: Feb 05, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Margaret Barker “Peg” Donovan, 86, of Bridgeport, died at The Carolton Convalescent Hospital, Fairfield, February 2. She was the widow of John W. Donovan. Born November 16, 1927, the daughter of George H. and Alice Maguire Barker, she was a lifelong...
Published: Feb 04, 2014 at 12:00 AM
With an average of six inches of new snow thanks to Monday’s storm, Newtown and the region are preparing for another storm to arrive on Wednesday, February 5. Superintendent of Schools Dr John Reed has already announced the cancellation of school for...
Published: Feb 04, 2014 at 12:00 AM
It may be chilly and snowy right now, but spring will be here before you know it, and Town Players of Newtown are ready with plans for their 2014 season.
The community theater’s mainstage season will begin with Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menage...
Published: Feb 04, 2014 at 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON – With Congress opposed to even the most modest efforts at gun control, activists are pressing a sympathetic White House to make gun ownership a public health and safety issue, and they're lobbying the Obama administration to pour money in...
Published: Feb 04, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Randall S. “Sid” Watkins, 63, of Southbury and a Sandy Hook native, died peacefully February 2 at Danbury Health Care Center, with loving family at his side. He fought a courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 17, 1950, in Sandy Hook, wher...
