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Money From DC To Build New Sandy Hook School A Long Shot

Published: Jun 18, 2013 at 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON –  Connecticut’s congressional delegation wants to find a way to obtain federal dollars to replace Sandy Hook Elementary School with a new facility, but that will be a tough task. The biggest obstacle to finding federal money for the const...

Wilmer J. Mathuren

Published: Jun 18, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Wilmer J. Mathuren, 93, of Newtown and previously of Dingmans Ferry, Penn., died June 16, at Danbury Hospital. He was born September 20, 1919, in Acushnet, Mass., son of Margaret (Blackburn) Mathuren and Samuel Joseph Mathuren, and was the husband of...

Kids Fishing Derby & Family Fun Day, Saturday

Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Masonicare at Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, will host its 2nd Annual Kids Fishing Derby and Family Fun Day this weekend. The event will run from 10:30 am until 1 pm, rain or shine, on Saturday, June 22. This is a catch and release fishing derby open ...

The Hadron Big Bangers: When Physics and Music Collide

Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Considered an engineering milestone, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest particle accelerator. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) built the Hadron Collider from 1998 to 2008, to test physics theories. According t...

Lighthouse Festival Casts Its Light On Newtown

Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor: We can’t begin to express our thanks to the thousands of you in the Newtown Community who brought your own inner light to our Lighthouse Festival on Saturday.  If you didn’t bring it with you, it appears you found a bit of light while ...

Hearing Slated on Aquarion Water Rate Hike Proposal

Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM
State public utility regulators have scheduled a public hearing for this week on the Aquarion Water Company’s proposal to increase its water rates across the next three years, which if approved, would result in an overall 22.7 percent water rate hike...

Brotherly Devotion In The Form Of A Diploma

Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM
There was a surprise waiting for one member of the Henry Abbott Technical High School graduating Class of 2013. It took the impressive form of Newtown High School 2010 graduate and United States Navy Seaman Dustin Hanson, who walked out on stage Mond...

Connections Between Art And The Garden, July 13 In Sandy Hook

Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Newtown author Sydney Eddison will open her garden for a tour and to introduce a new series of workshops that make connections between art and the garden. As a former set designer and drama teacher, she has delighted in exploring the close relationsh...