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Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
Upon the occasion of her retirement, we want to add to the many well wishes and thanks to Janet Woycik for her service to the town of Newtown for over the past 30 years.
As our town librarian, she has served with integrity and grace, c...
Published: Jun 16, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Representatives from nearly a dozen different local religious communities on the evening of Friday, June 14, told a standing-room audience of about 400 people at Newtown Congregational Church that spiritual healing is occurring, albeit sometimes slow...
Published: Jun 15, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Kevin Hoyt and Zach Schwartz led a field of nearly 500 participants in the 39th Annual Rocking Rooster Run at Fairfield Hills on June 15. Both former Newtown High School distance running standouts finished the 5K race in a time of 15:09. Hoyt narrowl...
Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 12:00 AM
CBS News out of Manitoba, Canada, reports that singer Harry Connick, Jr, has written a song especially for Ana Marquez-Greene. “Love Wins” is the song on Harry’s new CD, written in memory of 6-year-old Ana, who died 12/14. Ana’s dad, Jimmy, is a memb...
Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 12:00 AM
RIDGEFIELD — Back in the 1960s, Robert Preston and Mary Martin starred in a musical by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, directed by Gower Champion. That show, I Do! I Do!, ran for two years and garnered a host of Tony nominations, along with the 1967 aw...
Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Occupation: I’ve been an antiques dealer for over 40 years, and I’ve owned four shops, including one in Newtown, in the 1980s. It was in the building on the corner of Pecks Lane, where the pasta shop is now. The building there then was Mrs Doss’s...
Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 12:00 AM
UPDATED (Friday, June 14, 10:15 am): The community-wide gathering originally planned for Fairfield Hills at 7:30 pm this evening will take place at Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street.
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A few special events have been organize...
Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Joy Ruth (Abrams) Ginsberg, 88, of Newtown, devoted wife and best friend of Louis S. Ginsberg, died at her home, June 12. Born in Stamford, May 14, 1925, she was a daughter of Rose (Cohen) and Edward Abrams.
She was the beloved mother of Deborah Wald...
Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 12:00 AM
“This brings us back to why we’re here. We’re here to take care of our residents,” Jackie Murillo said of the new “Walking To The Beat” program that began April 26. Ms Murillo is the director of nursing at Masonicare at Newtown.
The employee/resident...
Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Village Perk Café opened at 3 Glen Road on May 10, offering quality coffees, sandwiches, and baked goods to fill a much-needed niche in Sandy Hook Center, said general manager Laura Maynard.
The café specializes in coffee and all espresso d...
