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Newtown Arts Festival Artwork Contest Announced Would you like to see your art on Newtown Arts Festival posters and T-shirts and a chance to win $500? The Newtown Arts Festival Committee has announced the 2013 Artwork Contest. Entries will not be ac...

Local Man Pleads Not Guilty To Child Pornography Charge By Andrew Gorosko  DANBURY — At his November 15 arraignment in Danbury Superior Court, a Newtown man pleaded not guilty to charges of third-degree possession of child pornography a...

To Earn A Grant, St Rose Project Needs Texts With plans coming to fruition on a project for learning gardens and a sustainable energy learning center for its students, St Rose of Lima School also applied for a Clorox grant, which requires daily votes...

Softball Team Soars To Title Game The Newtown Hawks 12U softball team traveled to Bloomfield and played in the United States Specialty Sports Association Fastpitch Nation Fall Classic II tournament last weekend. The Hawks played three games on Satur...

P&Z Liberalizes Zoning Rules On Nail Salons By Andrew Gorosko In response to a requested zoning rule change, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members have liberalized the zoning regulations concerning allowing nail salons within the Aquifer Prot...

What role do you play in preparing for Thanksgiving? Eva Vallerie: My mom does the turkey, but I usually help with potatoes and everything else. Katie Laaksonen: I’m going to my grandma’s house. I’m driving. Ellie ...

AIDS Over 50— Growing Need Cited For HIV Prevention, Detection Programs For Older Residents By Grace Merritt The Connecticut Mirror Back in the 1980s, when no one knew much about AIDS, Freddy played percussion in Latino bands in clubs i...

Title Game Bound!  Girls’ Soccer Team One Win Away From Crown By Andy Hutchison WATERBURY — For the first time since 2004, Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team is headed to the state championship g...

James Tanner and Kara Dunst Penny and Jack Tanner of Newtown announce the engagement of their son, James W. Tanner, to Kara A. Dunst of Danbury, daughter of Ellen and Kyle Dunst of Yucaipa, Calif. The future groom, a resident of Newtown, is a gr...

Tim Kelly Kelly, a Newtown High School junior, plays basketball. Favorite part about playing: “The intensity and winning.” Toughest aspect: “Coming back from a huge deficit.” Lucky number: 1...