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Middle Gate Students Learn About Connecticut’s Government By Eliza Hallabeck Fourth grade students at Middle Gate Elementary School learned about the state’s government during a presentation from the Hartford Connecticut Histo...

Pasta Dinner & Bluegrass Music At NUMC Saturday The next Saturday Pasta Dinner at Newtown United Methodist Church will take place on November 3 in the church’s fellowship hall, 92 Church Hill Road in Sandy Hook. The church confirmed on W...

Donald J. Ritchie Donald J. Ritchie, 85, of Berwick, Penn., died October 23, at the Berwick Hospital Center. He was a lifelong resident of Milford, and he had relocated five years ago to Pennsylvania to be near his family. Born March 7, 1927, in Stra...

Rah, Rah! Cheer Squads Win At Youth Competition Five Newtown cheerleading teams competed at the 2nd Annual Colonial Youth League Cheer competition at New Milford High School on October 20. Among them, three placed first and two were second. They all ...

Woman Injured In Her Mobile Home By Andrew Gorosko Recalling her near miss with death during Storm Sandy, a local woman said this week her experience assures her that God exists. “All I could say is that it’s a mir...

How To Register For Federal Disaster Relief By Keith M. Phaneuf ©The Connecticut Mirror Residents of the four Connecticut counties declared federal disaster areas Tuesday must register with federal authorities either online or by telephone to receiv...

To the Editor : This year we have a distinct choice for our state representative for the 106th District. We can continue on our current course that relies heavily on taxes to tackle our increasing debt and avoids seizing the opportunity to make real ...

79ers Bethel 12, Newtown 6: Saturday’s 79er’s game was the second meeting of the season between rivals Newtown and Bethel; this game would prove to be a hard fought battle between the two in the mud at Hawley. The Ni...

Newtowners Head To Polls Tuesday To Vote For Candidates, Charter Revision By John Voket Polls in all four of Newtown’s voting districts will be open from 6 am to 8 pm on Tuesday, November 6. Registered voters will be asked to cast ballots...

State Relaxes Deadlines As Residents Grapple With Storm Aftermath By Keith M. Phaneuf ©The Connecticut Mirror Connecticut residents, workers, and businesses will get a break on a number of deadlines this month as the state begins to repair the damag...