Log In

Caroline Previdi was a child who cared deeply for others, and was “the friend who wanted to make sure everyone was OK,” her teachers said. When she was 5, she emptied her piggy bank to give her savings to a toy drive for needy children — a project of...

Softball may be out of season but for Kate Bowen all things softball have been in full swing. The former Newtown High School standout/conference champion softball player was named to the Connecticut Scholastic & Collegiate Softball Hall of Fame and h...

The CT Women’s Hoops fall season championship game was held at NYA Sports & Fitness on November 18. Ball Busters defeated Nothin But Netters 60-50 for the title. The league is run by Maddie Brock and Brianna Lemachko. This was the second season for t...

Masotta and Grohn lead the way as runners earn their stuffing

After weeks of preparation, Newtown Interfaith Council held its annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Gathering. Presented November 24, the event this year was hosted by Love Has A Home Here, at Sticks and Stones Farm. The event moved from Trinity Episcopal...

Firefighters asked, and for the 22nd year the public responded. Members of all five of Newtown’s volunteer fire companies conducted the 2024 Fill The Fire Trucks campaign on November 23. Members of Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company #1, Newtown Hook ...

Thanksgiving Eve game turns on wild special teams play as Hawks finish 10-0.

Family: My husband Jeff; my son Joseph, who is a sophomore in high school; my daughter Emelia, who is in eighth grade; and Sophia, who is in seventh grade. They’re all in the Newtown Public Schools system. How did you and your husband meet? W...

Sheraton Caregivers took an adaptation of a long-standing and popular game show to Newtown Senior Center recently, and nearly two dozen NSC members enjoyed the hour of laughter and gentle competition. Debi Coniglio-Kilcourse, a community liaison of S...

Following two months without substantial rain and four-plus weeks of a local outdoor burn ban due to increasingly dry ground conditions and a growing number of brush fires, First Selectman Jeff Capeci has rescinded the latter. In a notice published t...