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Chileon L. “Chick” Dickerson, Jr, 84, of Sandy Hook, died October 24 in Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was born September 12, 1929, in Bridgeport, a son of Jeanette (Nichols) and Chileon Dickerson. He was the husband of Mary (Beers) Dickerson. A self-em...

The second-seeded Newtown High School boys’ soccer team, following 100 minutes of scoreless soccer, including a pair of ten-minute overtimes, prevailed in a round of penalty kicks to defeat visiting and seventh-seeded Masuk of Monroe 1-0 (4-2 in PKs)...

NEW MILFORD — Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team overcame the wind, was even with the Green Wave through regulation and a pair of ten-minute overtime periods, but couldn’t pull through in the best-of-five round of penalty kicks to decide their ...

MILFORD — For much of its October 25 visit to top-seeded Lauralton Hall, it looked as if Newtown High School’s field hockey team was going to do something no other squad has managed to do this fall — defeat the Crusaders. The eighth-seeded Nighthawks...

As many have heard, another school shooting took place on October 21, this time at a middle school in Sparks, Nev. A 12-year old student wounded two fellow students and killed a teacher before taking his own life. The eighth grade math teacher, Micha...

FAITH Food Pantry has relied on the kindness and support of Newtown residents and even a few businesses for more than three decades. The pantry, situated in the undercroft of St John’s Episcopal Church on Washington Avenue, earlier this year observed...

Town Attorney David Grogins has released his formal opinion on a relatively recent charter revision stirring up controversy a few days ahead of local elections. And two Democratic Board of Education candidates caught up in the issue also weighed in o...

October 28, 1988 First Selectman Rod Mac Kenzie decided to close his office in Edmond Town Hall on Thursday, October 27, and also on Thursday, November 3, so he and his staff members can catch up on the backlog of filing. Mr Mac Kenzie said he w...

News media arrived in Newtown on Friday, October 25, seeking to cover the demolition of Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dickinson Drive. At least three satellite video trucks had arrived in town by early afternoon, staffed with crews assigned to the ...