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Published: Aug 21, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Fireside-sponsored Newtown Women’s Softball League team defeated Black Swan 6-5 in the Ruth Rowe Memorial Championship Game at Treadwell Park on August 16. This was a rematch of last year’s pinnacle game, also won by Fireside, which has claimed f...
Published: Aug 21, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Newtown Rotary Club will hold its annual Jim Osborne Memorial Golf Classic on September 9 at Tashua Knolls Golf Club in Trumbull.
The Golf Classic includes the round of golf plus lunch, cocktails and dinner, followed by an auction and raffle. The...
Published: Aug 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
As a long-time resident of Newtown, there are many topics on which I could opine, but the one most on my mind now is traffic safety as students from K to 12 return to school. I am reminded, almost daily, of the reckless disregard for ...
Published: Aug 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Board of Selectmen learned August 19 that a large metal gate will replace the masonry barriers on Dickinson Drive that prevent vehicles from entering the former Sandy Hook School grounds.
Prior to the meeting, First Selectman Pat Llodra told The ...
Published: Aug 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
The Teen Summer Reading Challenge for grades 6–12 at C.H. Booth Library has just ended, and it was a great success. Over 70 young people participated, reading 327 books, for a total of 93,562 pages!
I would like to thank the following ...
Published: Aug 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
At Hearts of Hope, our mission is simple: creating and distributing beautiful handmade clay hearts with messages of hope to people in need. Since its inception in 2005, more than 38,000 keepsake hearts have been made and delivered to i...
Published: Aug 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Police report a vandalism spree happened during the early morning hours of Sunday, August 18, when someone intentionally damaged motor vehicles that were either parked in driveways or parked on roads near homes in Sandy Hook.
Police received the firs...
Published: Aug 20, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Newtown native Lillian Canfield McCarthy Ermisch, 94, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Glover Canfield, died June 27, at her son’s home in Inverness, Fla. She was born in Danbury Hospital, January 9, 1919, and was the twelfth generation of Newtown-found...
Published: Aug 19, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Lucy Marie Bonacci, 90, died peacefully August 17, at the Bethel Health Care facility, surrounded by her loving family. Born on September 22, 1922, she was the daughter of Catherine and John Donatico of South Norwalk.
She leaves behind three sons, Fr...
Published: Aug 19, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I would like the Newtown community to know why, after 15 years, I am no longer to be found at the reference desk of the C.H. Booth Library.
On Friday, August 3, as I was preparing to head out on vacation, the director informed me tha...
