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To the Editor: Please be sure to vote this Saturday, October 5th in the town referendum. My family and I will be voting Yes for Sandy Hook Elementary School. Whether one looks at the issue practically, heart-felt, or economically, to me, the answer i...

To the Editor: Calling the $50 million a gift from the state to build us a new school (to replace our Sandy Hook School) is not really true. Government has no money unless they take it from us first. It has to come from somewhere, probably state inco...

To the Editor: When John Reed was first hired as superintendent, I was the Middle Gate PTA liaison to the Board of Education and watched  closely as he worked his office. I also served on two of his committees charged with sizing the buildings out 10...

Shortly after the events of 12/14, The Rotary Club of Newtown, United Way of Western Connecticut (UWWC) and the Office of Victim Services (OVS) worked together to develop the Immediate Needs Fund. The purpose of the fund was two-fold. First, it helpe...

To the Editor: My message today comes as a neighbor and friend, not as a member of the Legislative Council and Chair of its Finance Committee.   While the words of eminent philosophers always abound, here’s a paraphrase of the one they call Eminem.  ...

BETHLEHEM (AP) — The Paradis and D’Avino family knows guns. They’ve owned them and enjoyed hunting and target shooting. Shooting was just part of life, like the time after Thanksgiving dinner in 2009 when a guest of husband and wife Peter Paradis and...

To the Editor: The upcoming referendum on October 5th is not just about the Sandy Hook School community.  It is a referendum with an outcome that has an impact on every family in our town.  We are writing to urge you, our neighbors, to vote Yes to th...

LONG ISLAND (AP) — A Long Island park named after the former commanding officer of the Port Authority Police Academy who died during the 9/11 attacks has been vandalized. Within 24 hours, police say, a second park, this one just built to honor one of...

To the Editor: My name is Mary Jane McNamara, and I am writing to state why I am endorsing Ann Lobosco-Benore for town clerk in the November 2013 elections. I have known Ann for 12 of the 13 years I have lived in this town. I have had the pleasure of...

To the Editor, The F.A.I.T.H. Food Pantry would like to remind the community of a wonderful event being held on Saturday, October 12th from 11 am to 4 pm.  The 3rd Annual Passport to Sandy Hook continues to be a supporter of the Pantry and once again...