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Freshman Squad Edges Bethel The battle between two 5-1 teams lived up to expectations as Newtown High School’s freshman football team prevailed in a nail-biter over Bethel, 27-26 on October 25. Matt Elias had an acrobatic interception on...

Keystone Kops At The Polls To the Editor: This morning at the Newtown polls (at the middle school) was a nightmare of confusion and incompetence reminiscent of the Keystone Kops: at 6 am, I was shuttled from one table to another (the moderator), wher...

Satisfaction The Goal At Dual Deli Locations Newtown Deli & Catering at 79 South Main Street, and Sandy Hook Deli & Catering at 102 Church Hill Road in Sandy Hook Center are 100 percent New York-style delis. Patrons have been enjoying the extensive m...

Governor Extends Provision For PT Assistant Candidates HARTFORD — Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed an executive order November 5 granting a 30-day extension of the 120-day temporary practice provision for Connecticut physical therapist as...

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...

For Former HOM Students, 2002 Memories Uncovered In Ireland By Eliza Hallabeck For members of Karen King’s 2002 fourth grade class, memories were uncovered in Effin, Ireland, last month, when former classmates Samantha Kent and Benjamin M...

NMS Names October ‘Shout Out’ Students Continuing its “Shout Out” recognition program, Newtown Middle School named its October students of the month on Monday, November 5, and gathered the students toge...

Griffin Hospital Hosts Breast Wellness Talk Naugatuck — A free breast wellness talk set for 6:30 pm on November 19 at St Mary Church Hall, 338 North Main Street, aims to educate the community about breast cancer. Cary Carpino, RN, of Gr...

Hawk Spikers Bumped By Weston In Semifinal Thriller By Andy Hutchison Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team scratched and clawed, but came up just short in a back-and-forth battle with visiting Weston in South-West Conf...

Skaters Raise Funds For Park Improvements By Kendra Bobowick Cracking and rolling sounds surrounded Western Connecticut State University student Stuart Munro as he turned his bullhorn toward a stream of skaters tucking boards against their feet and h...