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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...
Published: Jun 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Athletes of a variety of ages and abilities put their fitness and endurance levels (not to mention their skill of slopping around in the mud) to the test on June 8. The second annual Mad Dash adventure race was held on the grounds of Fairfield Hills....
Published: Jun 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The next Working Women’s Forum (WWF) gathering, on Wednesday, June 12, will be a networking only event. It will also be the final meeting before the group’s summer break.
WWF is an organization of women founded in 2005 based in Newtown but encompassi...
Published: Jun 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Mary Frances “Frankie” Hanrahan, 80, of Venice, Fla., and formerly of Newtown, died June 6, in Easton, Md. She was born February 23, 1933, in Villanova, Penn.
She served as the chairperson of the Vietnam Veteran’s Support Committee of the Junior Wo...
Published: Jun 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM
For the second year in a row, I participated in the advanced version of the Mad Dash adventure race, then followed participants through the course during the scaled down yet still very challenging beginner/family run to capture some photographs for t...
Published: Jun 10, 2013 at 12:00 AM
John M. Fuchs, 82, of Newtown, formerly of New Rochelle, N.Y., died June 5, at his home.
His daughter, Kristeene M. Devenyi; his grandchildren, Justin DeMarco and Carrie Effinger; and six great-grandchildren survive Mr Fuchs.
Funeral services will be...
