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Published: Jan 21, 2014 at 12:00 AM
The late author Rachel Carson is often credited with awakening Americans to the hazards of DDT contamination in the food chain. But eight years before Rachel Carson cautioned the world about the dangers of the pesticide in her 1962 book, Silent Sprin...
Published: Jan 21, 2014 at 12:00 AM
At the January 15 meeting of Newtown VFW Post 308, the membership agreed that after the recent water damage at C.H. Booth Library they wanted to help residents in any way they could.
Newtown Post 308 Commander James Rebman said, “The VFW is always...
Published: Jan 21, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Another year of counted cross, lazy daisy, and cable stitching began on Thursday, January 9, at Christ the King Lutheran Church.
Founded in the early 1980s, the Friends of Counted Embroidery group have been meeting for more than 30 years, bringing ne...
Published: Jan 21, 2014 at 12:00 AM
FAIRFIELD — Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team is proving to be quite a resilient and competitive group. The Nighthawks suffered a tough-to-swallow 63-59 loss to host Notre Dame-Fairfield on January 17, the team’s fifth loss by nine or fewer...
Published: Jan 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
Cable, electric, and gas prices all go up and what choice do you have? Little to none? The opportunity exists right now here in Newtown to significantly change that, which my wife and I have done.
We signed up for a solar panel install...
Published: Jan 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Update: Due to inclement weather, Tuesday, January 21, the scheduled opening of the C.H. Booth Information Desk
at Edmond Town Hall has been postponed. The Information Desk at Edmond Town Hall will open Wednesday, January 22, at 2 pm.
As C.H...
Published: Jan 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM
The Children’s Adventure Center will continue with its series of Bookworms Story Hour with readings by First Selectman Pat Llodra on Saturday, February 8.
This program was originally scheduled for January 11, but was postponed due to weather and icin...
Published: Jan 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM
The month of January has been designated as Radon Action Month in Connecticut according to Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert. Her local agency is joining with the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the American Lung Association of ...
Published: Jan 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Eva Warholak Husanita, 95, of West Scranton, Penn., formerly of Bridgeport, died January 6 in Allied Skilled Nursing Center in Clarks Summit, Penn. Born in Wyola-Smithmills, Penn., she was the daughter of Michael and Mary Suchick Warholak.
Three sist...
Published: Jan 20, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Betty Jean Chandler, 85, formerly of Lexington, Va., died January 14 in Albuquerque, N.M. She was born October 9, 1928, and was a daughter of Edna Barclay Culley and George Hunter Culley.
Surviving are her four children and their spouses, Marlene and...
