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Annual Drive For Christmas Gifts For Veterans Underway BETHEL — Bethel Women’s Club is spearheading its annual community drive to collect much needed items for local veterans. All items will be given as Christmas presents for ...

Kristy Haflett and Jason Garbarino A summer 2013 wedding is being planned for Kristy Haflett, daughter of Darlene and Dave Haflett of Munnsville, N.Y., and Jason Garbarino, whose parents are Carol and Bill Garbarino of Newtown. Kristy is a...

Newtown Vets Invited To NHS For Veterans Day Newtown High School is set to host a Veterans Day Assembly on Monday, November 12, at 1 pm in the high school auditorium. The event will recognize and thank men and women who have served or are serving th...

Blood Drive Monday At Trinity Superstorm Sandy forced the cancellation of about 360 American Red Cross blood drives in 13 states and the District of Columbia, resulting in a shortfall of nearly 12,000 blood donations by November 2.  More cancellati...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY No names were submitted for publication this week. Deadline for the November 16 issue is Tuesday, November 13, at 4 pm. To include your name in The Birthday Cake, send your name, address, phone number, age, and birthday to: M...

Newtown High Girls’ Soccer Team Edged In Title Game Heartbreaker By Andy Hutchison Newtown High School’s girls’ soccer team was only ten and a half minutes away from avenging its only regular-season loss, to Immacu...

BAHA’I FAITH OF NEWTOWN Contact Margo Deselin 203-241-5525; Mdeselin@gmail.com Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; discussions of social issues from a spiritual perspective. The meetings are held at various locations in Ne...

Correction The names of two of the young ladies photographed for the preview of a Newtown Junior Women’s Club fundraiser fashion show last week (“What Will Spring’s Prom Highlights Be?” November 2, 2012...

Residents Affected By Sandy May Be Eligible Unemployment WETHERSFIELD — President Obama declared a major disaster in Connecticut on October 30, which means residents of Newtown may be eligible for individual assistance. As a result, Disas...

Ernest Lawrence Puglise Ernest “Ernie” Lawrence Puglise, 63, of Milford died suddenly, October 28. He was born in 1949, in Bridgeport to Lucille Verrilli Puglise and Thomas Puglise, the second of their three children. Followi...