Search
147320 results returned for search: ""
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Occupation: I’m retired from Cartus Relocation in Danbury, after 25 years, a great company to work for.
Family: I’ve been married to Eddie for 46 years. We have two children. Susan is married to Chris Quirk, and they live in Newtown. Jeff is ...
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
A corkscrew hazelnut sits outside the back door in its winter glory. All the other plants and shrubs are looking pretty chastened, deceased even, awaiting their Easter resurrections. But this jaggedy hazelnut cuts a fine figure against the snow, havi...
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Fire Marshal Bill Halstead noted this week that during the past year, malfunctioning clothes dryers have caused three structure fires in town.
Most recently, on January 2, a malfunctioning clothes dryer caused a house fire on Thunder Ridge Road in Sa...
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
While continuing its review of the superintendent’s proposed operating budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year, the Board of Education took up the topic of security during its workshop meeting on Thursday, January 30.
Interim Superintendent of Schools Joh...
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Jeffrey Silver, 36, who has been a town police officer for nearly 15 years, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant, in which capacity he will oversee the activities of patrol shifts at the police department.
After interviewing three candidates for...
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
NASHVILLE, TENN. — A Nashville, Tenn., television station has reported that Robbie Bruce, the co-founder of an organization created in the wake of 12/14 to raise funds for those directly affected by the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, will...
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
A federal judge in Hartford Thursday dismissed a constitutional challenge to the sweeping gun-control legislation passed in Connecticut after the Sandy Hook School massacre.
Gun owners challenged the law on several fronts, including what the state ca...
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
Here’s one good thing about the Arctic temperatures we’ve been enduring. The temporary ice skating rink at Fairfield Hills has been set up for the season, and I have noticed people are taking time to visit it again. The rink will have a formal event ...
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
First Selectman Pat Llodra is seeking residents to fill several opening on local appointed boards and commissions. In some cases the appointments are required to be affiliated with a specific political party, while in other cases unaffiliated voters ...
Published: Jan 31, 2014 at 12:00 AM
February 3, 1989
The final draft of the state’s Environmental Impact Evaluation repeats in four volumes what the November draft reported in one — that Newtown’s site is the “best fit” for a $46 million proposed jail. Newtown’s first selectmen an...
