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Published: Dec 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Newtown resident George Duncan met with C.H. Booth Library Interim Director Beryl Harrison on December 16 to formally present a photographic portrait to the library’s permanent collection.
Mr Duncan has given the library a portrait of 2013 Nobel Priz...
Published: Dec 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
On Sunday, January 12, at 3 pm, at Congregation Adath Israel, 115 Huntingtown Road, Rita L. Frost will present a talk on “Varian Fry, A Connecticut Hero in Vichy France.”
In 1935, Varian Fry, after returning from an assignment in Berlin, reported Hit...
Published: Dec 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Four days after the December 12 National Vigil for Gun Violence Victims in Washington, DC, conducted in remembrance of all lost to or affected by gun violence, Newtown Foundation spokesperson Dave Ackert was still emotionally moved by the event.
Two ...
Published: Dec 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
United States Navy Seaman and Newtown High School 2010 graduate Dustin Hanson arrived in the Philippines November 14.
The massive Typhoon Haiyan made landfall November 8, battering central Philippines and leaving in its wake a death toll that was mor...
Published: Dec 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Vancouver-based vocalist, pianist, and songwriter Robyn McCorquodale is among those around the world who was “rocked by the mass shooting and loss of 20 first-graders and six educators. An unimaginable assault on beautiful human life,” she said.
In r...
Published: Dec 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Occupation: Right now I’m on a six-month sabbatical from a great company, O2 Concepts in Newtown, where I was vice president of quality systems. I’ve worked hard my whole life, so now I’m taking a little break to do some other things.
Family:...
Published: Dec 19, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Fritzi Walkey Klopfenstein, 98, died December 16, at Churchman Village retirement home in Newark, Del. The daughter of Mable Kintzley Walkey and Dr Fred L. Walkey, she was born on Groundhog Day, February 2, 1915, in West Lafayette, Ind.
Her three son...
Published: Dec 19, 2013 at 12:00 AM
C.H. Booth Library will host The Chickadee Spirit Story Time on Saturday, December 28, at 2 pm.
The program had originally been planned for December 14, but needed to be postponed due to the snowstorm last weekend.
Janice Bernard will read The Chicka...
Published: Dec 19, 2013 at 12:00 AM
As childhood friends, Riverside Road resident Susan Oberstadt and her future husband, George, used to play in the cow fields that were eventually developed to build Sandy Hook School.
She became one of the first students to attend that new school bac...
Published: Dec 19, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Newtown VFW Post #308 named its winners for the Patriot Pen essay contest during several recent presentations.
Last week, VFW Post #308 representatives also announced the winner of the Patriot Pen Voice of Democracy Award as Newtown High School s...
