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Denise Kaiser, Friends of the C.H. Booth Library volunteer,  might be “flabbergasted” to find that she has been awarded the Friends of Connecticut Library (FOCL) Individual Achievement Award for 2013, but her nominators Jim Maher, the local Friends p...

Housatonic Valley Waldorf School students, faculty, staff, families, and school friends welcomed spring on Friday, May 3, with traditional Maypole and Morris & Sword dances. “May Fairs all over the world are very joyous celebrations,” said Patricia C...

The General Commission on United Methodist Men (UMM) has established a new organization that will continue the publication of Strength for Service, a book of daily devotions that dates to World War II. The non-denominational organization has also beg...

In the final minutes of a marathon five hour meeting May 3 that started with some raw and emotional input from Sandy Hook School staff, a Newtowner who played a key role on 12/14 sat down before a school building task force and described what he was ...

May 6, 1988 More than 1,700 vehicles — a record number — were driven into the landfill on Saturday, April 30, the final day when people could take advantage of something that, until recently, they always took for granted in Newtown — free dumpin...

Absentee ballots are available for the May 14 second round referendum. Any qualified registered voter may vote by absentee if unable to vote in person due to illness or physical disability; absence from town during voting hours; religious beliefs...

Occupation: I’m the director of communications at Newtown Youth Academy, as of March 1. I just came off a five-year hiatus, staying home with my kids. I didn’t realize how much I had missed contributing to something bigger than my personal life. ...

Benjamin Alejandro Roman, 13, son of Suzanne Roman and brother of William Roman of Newtown, died at his home, May 1. Grandparents Janice and Paul Roman; and aunts, uncles, and cousins Sarah Roman and Timothy Rahr and Stephen, Thomas, and Owen Rahr of...