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Published: Jun 11, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Washington- Having brushed aside efforts to strengthen the nation’s gun laws, Congress has turned its attention toward other issues, including immigration reform and alleged abuses by the IRS and National Security Administration.
But for the families...
Published: Jun 11, 2013 at 12:00 AM
NEW HAVEN — Jazz musician and Western Connecticut State University professor Jimmy Greene will receive the Governor’s Arts Award at a presentation ceremony and concert at 6:30 pm on Saturday, June 15, during the International Festival for Arts and Id...
Published: Jun 11, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
The officers and members of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co. would like to thank our family, friends, fellow firefighters, residents of Newtown and out-of-town guests for helping to make our 26th annual Lobsterfest a success.
The...
Published: Jun 11, 2013 at 12:00 AM
After more than three decades of service to the town, Janet Woycik, director of the C.H. Booth Library, retires effective June 30.
The public is invited to a drop-in open house Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 24 through June 26, to extend good w...
Published: Jun 11, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
What started as a legitimate effort to calm traffic on Queen Street has now turned into a fiasco. First two speed bumps, then three, and now five are planned. Ten-mile-an-hour speed signs were posted. Now we learn that the Police Comm...
Published: Jun 11, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Fred Caposella III, 51, of Altamonte Springs, Fla., died May 31. He was born April 21, 1962, in New Rochelle, N.Y.
Prior to moving to Florida, Mr Caposella lived in Newtown and Danbury.
A 1981 graduate of Newtown High School, he worked in the printin...
Published: Jun 11, 2013 at 12:00 AM
During a pilgrimage to South Dakota last summer, Jack Benedict, a member of Newtown Troop 270, developed the idea that became his Eagle Scout project. Jack and his friends from Trinity Church visited what he called “a beautiful outdoor labyrinth” in ...
Published: Jun 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Sgt Laurence F. Bennett was fighting on the front lines in Afghanistan when his unit learned about the tragic school shootings that happened in Newtown, so he obtained a Connecticut flag that was flying over his base and began gathering signatures. A...
Published: Jun 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The office of the Superintendent of Schools confirmed Monday that Newtown schools were placed in "modified lockdown" in the afternoon. They did not elaborate on the nature of the threat.
At 2:05 pm a phone call was received at Hawley School issuing a...
Published: Jun 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM
“At approximately 2:05 pm [Monday], staff at Hawley School received a telephone call from an unidentified male caller,” Police Chief Michael Kehoe said at about 5 pm today, in explaining an incident which triggered a police response and a “modified l...
