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Published: Nov 08, 2013 at 12:00 AM
It has been more than 60 years since the Korean War ended, but there was a last detail that remained to be accomplished for Stanley Polcyn, a US Navy veteran who served with distinction in that Southeast Asian conflict.
In November 7 ceremonies held ...
Published: Nov 08, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Clerk of the Works Brian Feeney tightened his hard hat. He and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps member Stuart Rieve entered a construction site filled with heavy machinery, scaffolding, the beginnings of concrete walls, and steel framework outlining...
Published: Nov 08, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Grass seed flew as Nelson Lopes pushed a spreader across sloping ground at the Park and Bark dog park site Wednesday, October 30. He worked with other Parks and Recreation Department crew members this week including Jim Tani, John Moore, Tom Penderga...
Published: Nov 08, 2013 at 12:00 AM
November 11, 1988
A woman threatening to jump from the Church Hill Road bridge over I-84 November 4 caught the attention of Newtown, state, and Fairfield Hills police, as well as Newtown Hook and Ladder and Newtown Ambulance. Police received a c...
Published: Nov 08, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Robert “Bob” J. Rosentel, 85, of Hudson, N.H., died November 6, at the Community Hospice House in Merrimack, N.H., surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 2, 1927, in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of Martin and Elizabeth (Finn) Rosentel.
Four chi...
Published: Nov 08, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Shoppers at the Newtown Senior Center Annual Harvest Bazaar found many treasures Friday morning, November 8.
The Bazaar continues through 4 pm on Friday, and on Saturday, November 9, from 9 am to 3 pm, at the Riverside Road facility. Handcrafted and ...
Published: Nov 07, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, October 31: 10:25 am, motor vehicle accident, near 85 Toddy Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 11:04 am, motor vehicle acci...
Published: Nov 07, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Historical Society will host a presentation on one of Connecticut’s flagship retailers, G. Fox Company, on Monday, November 18, at 7:30 pm, in the community room of C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street. The program is entitled “From Hula Hoops ...
Published: Nov 07, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team saw its season come to an end in the second round of the Class LL state tournament on November 7. The tenth-seeded Nighthawks traveled to No. 7 Simsbury and the hosts prevailed 3-1 (25-22, 25-17, 17-25, 25...
Published: Nov 07, 2013 at 12:00 AM
“Sandy Hook School — 1956 — Visitors Welcome.” The white sign is now iconic, having appeared in countless news video clips and photographs following 12/14. The date, 1956, was the year the school opened, but its story began a couple of years earlier....
