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High Winds, Heavy Rains Bring Power Outages By Andrew Gorosko High winds and heavy rains that hit town during the day and into the night on Tuesday resulted in 287 customers of the Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P) being without electricity at...

CBIA, BlumShapiro Survey— Business Confidence Weak, Connecticut Economic Recovery Struggling HARTFORD — Connecticut businesses still struggled to grow in a post-recession economy, according to the results of the 2012 Survey of...

William A. Parrilla William A. Parrilla, 86, died September 18, at his home in New Fairfield. Born in New York City, April 10, 1926, he was a longtime resident of Fairfield, and a longtime employee of ITT Avionics in Nutley, N.J., where he was direct...

Albert Anderson Albert Anderson, 84, of Clearwater, Fla., died August 29. He was born in Bridgeport and was a longtime teacher in Newtown. Mr Anderson received his Jurisdoctor from the University of Connecticut, and practiced law in Connecticut. Aft...

Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one.                               —Neil Gaiman I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.       Â...

To the Editor: For some time now, Mitch Bolinsky has been knocking on doors and meeting more citizens. As someone who has known him for four or five years, I am pleased to support Mitch as our next state representative for Newtown’s 106th...

One Child’s Need Sparks Discussion Of Teaching Gifted Students By Eliza Hallabeck When the Board of Education failed to pass a motion at its meeting on September 4 that would have increased a part-time position in the school district to a...

Annual Town Health Fair Set For September 29 At NMS September 29 is the 19th annual Health and Public Safety Fair, sponsored by the Newtown Prevention Council. Fair organizers Mae Schmidle, Della Schmid, Donna Culbert, and Judy Blanchard are excited ...