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Published: Oct 07, 2013 at 12:00 AM
UPDATE (11:45 am): The lock-in has been lifted from both schools. Police activity continues, but one person is reportedly in custody and situation is contained.
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Newtown Police are responding to an unspecified incident in Sandy Hook.
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Published: Oct 07, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
On Sunday, September 29, 2013 the Newtown Hook and Ladder Co. #1 hosted the Fourth Annual Firehouse Ride. This ride was created in an effort to raise funds for the new construction of a much needed firehouse. We would like thank all th...
Published: Oct 07, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Fourth Annual Turkey Trot 5K Road Race, in support of C.H. Booth Library, will be held on Thanksgiving morning, November 28, at 7:45 am.
The course remains the same as last year’s with a start at Hawley Elementary School, a downhill stretch on Ma...
Published: Oct 07, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Newtown High School girls’ volleyball team will host Oxford for their annual breast cancer fundraiser on Friday, October 11. Oxford’s visit to Newtown High School marks the fifth annual Dig Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Match put on by the rival S...
Published: Oct 07, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
The third annual Passport to Sandy Hook will be held on Saturday, October 12, from 11 am to 4 pm. The event is sponsored by SHOP – Sandy Hook Owners for Prosperity.
Years of effort and commitment on the part of local businesses, resid...
Published: Oct 05, 2013 at 12:00 AM
A rare Saturday referendum drew a higher than average number of voters to the polls at Newtown Middle School handily passing a referendum by about a 90 percent margin, and authorizing the town to move forward with the state-funded demolition and the ...
Published: Oct 04, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Referendum polls will be open for all registered and qualified voters Saturday, October 5, between 6 am and 8 pm, at Newtown Middle School to appropriate $50 million in state funding to rebuild Sandy Hook School.
Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia-Halstead sa...
Published: Oct 04, 2013 at 12:00 AM
October 7, 1988
Only one of 11 areas of impact studied by state environmentalists reviewing Newtown’s proposed jail site would be seriously affected by the project. What’s more, the effects in that area, and all of the others, can be decreased ...
Published: Oct 04, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Leaps of Faith Disabled Waterskiers Club hosted a successful Adaptive Water Sports Retreat for veterans September 20–22, at its lakeside location on Lake Zoar.
“We had an incredibly diverse, dynamic, and amazing group of veterans and members of t...
Published: Oct 04, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Twenty-six local runners will be hitting the streets of Hartford next weekend, participating in either the full or half versions of the ING Hartford Marathon. And while their feet will be in the capital city, their hearts and collective energy will b...
