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Snapshot: Dr Laura Nowacki

Published: Jun 03, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Occupation: I’m a pediatrician with Newtown Center Pediatrics. I started working here in 1999. Family: My husband, David, is a dentist with Family Dentist here in Newtown. We have four children. Micaela is 16, Johnny is 14, Ben is 12, and Sar...

Bolinsky, Carter To Host Post-Session Legislative Update

Published: Jun 03, 2013 at 12:00 AM
State Reps Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) and Dan Carter (R-2) invite Newtown residents to a legislative wrap-up on the legislative session that ends on Wednesday, June 5. The legislative update will be held Tuesday, June 11, from 7 to 9 pm, at Newtown Munic...

First Selectman Implores Lawmakers To Block Access To 12/14 Materials

Published: Jun 03, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Urging state legislators to make a “compassionate choice,” First Selectman Pat Llodra has added her voice to that of grieving 12/14 parents and a group of lawmakers led by Senator and Minority Leader John McKinney working to excerpt certain public re...

A Day Of Thanks For Therapy Dogs

Published: Jun 03, 2013 at 12:00 AM
More than 70 therapy dog teams who have been in the community for months will gather at Fairfield Hills for A Day of Thanks to the Newtown Therapy Dogs, hosted by Newtown Veterinary Specialists, on Saturday, June 22, from 10 am to noon. This event is...

Visiting Ballfields To Get The Vote Out

Published: Jun 03, 2013 at 12:00 AM
With the third round school budget referendum set for Tuesday, June 4, Acting Superintendent of Schools John Reed and others ventured to ballfields around Newtown last Saturday and Sunday to speak with residents. The single polling location for Tuesd...

The Top of the Mountain

Published: Jun 03, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Newtown’s VFW Post 308 and Auxiliaries are partnering with an Oklahoma VFW and its Auxiliaries to assist residents in Moore, Okla., and other towns affected by the recent devastating tornadoes there. The Oklahoma VFW has requested gift card donations...

Newtown Families To Legislators: Stop Release Of Crime Scene Photos

Published: Jun 01, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The families of those massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School are calling on legislators to amend state law so that photos and audio of the 911 phone calls from the December incident are not released to the public. “They are offensive and an invasi...

Traffic-Lane Shifts Planned For I-84 Overpasses Above Center St.

Published: May 31, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The state Department of Transportation (DOT) will be shifting the lanes of traffic flow on the two Interstate-84 bridges which cross above Center Street in the Riverside section of Sandy Hook. The construction work required to shift the location of t...

Bruce Nicoll

Published: May 31, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Bruce Nicoll, 57, St Augustine, Fla., and formerly of Newtown, died May 29. He was born in Easton, Penn., March 28, 1956, to Manny and Barbara Nicoll. His loving wife, Lisa, his nurturing and beautiful daughter, Tyler, and his adoring son and golf pa...

LobsterFest Time In Sandy Hook

Published: May 31, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co., Inc will present its 26th Annual LobsterFest on Friday and Saturday, June 7–8. The event returns to the company’s main station, at 18-20 Riverside Road. Dinner will be served on Friday from 5 to 9 pm, and Satur...