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NYFS Welcomes Newtown Savings Bank As Holiday Festival Title Sponsor By Nancy K. Crevier The 27th Annual Holiday Festival to benefit Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS) will return Sunday, December 2, with Newtown Savings Bank as its title sponso...

International Community Potluck Dinner Planned As part of the Newtown International Center for Education (NICE) and the individual Newtown schools’ recognition of International Education Week, an International Community Potluck Dinner is...

Superstorm Sandy Disaster Relief The Town of Newtown is encouraging individuals and business owners who sustained losses during and after Superstorm Sandy to begin applying for assistance online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov, by calling 800-621-FEMA...

Girl Scout Coat Drive & Book Sale Saturday Girl Scouts of Newtown have decided to a twist on their annual Coat Drive and Book Sale, scheduled this year for Saturday, November 10, from 9 am to 2 pm, at Newtown United Methodist Church. In addition to c...

 Annual Turkey Trot Set For Thanksgiving Morning The 3rd Annual Newtown Turkey Trot 5K race, sponsored by Newtown Savings Bank and benefiting the Cyrenius H. Booth Library, will kick off at 7:45 am on Thanksgiving morning, November 22. The race begi...

Former NBA Player To Share Recovery Story RIDGEFIELD — Family University 2012 invites the public to hear former NBA player Chris Herren speak about his struggle with substance abuse and his road to recovery on November 15 at 7 pm. The pr...

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...

Football Game Rescheduled For Wednesday, November 14 Newtown High School’s football game with Immaculate of Danbury, originally scheduled as an afternoon road contest for November 3, has been moved to Wednesday, November 14, at Newtown H...

Forces Beyond Our Control One of the conceits underlying the election season is the notion that we have all the answers, the capacity, and, yes, the audacity to solve our collective problems and to deliver the future to some place closer to perfectio...

United Way Announces Regional Fund For Communities Hardest Hit by Hurricane Sandy Throughout Eastern Seaboard DANBURY — United Way on November 2 announced the creation of the United Way Hurricane Sandy Recovery Fund. Contributions to the...