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Gratitude To the Editor, I write to express my gratitude to all voters who participated in last week’s primary elections. I am particularly grateful to those who supported my candidacy with their vote. I will work hard to demonstrate that...

Newtown VNA Awards Van Syckle Scholarship Samantha Allen of Newtown, a junior at the University of Connecticut in the nursing program at Storrs, is the recipient of the Janice B. Van Syckle Scholarship, awarded by Newtown Visiting Nurse Association. ...

Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk To the Editor: We would like to invite the community to a walk for Pancreatic Cancer Research sponsored by The Lustgarten Foundation. The 2nd Annual Fairfield County Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk will be held on Sept...

EverWonderful Family Day Will Support Future Newtown Museum According to EverWonder Children’s Museum board president Kristin Chiriatti, the nonprofit organization focused on opening a children’s museum in Newtown will host an...

What is one Newtown secret you think more people should know? Nora Murphy: Bagel Delight has the best bagels you will ever taste. Thomas Johnson: There are over 800 dogs registered in Newtown. Sirena Beard-Galati: Newtown goes all out for Halloween. ...

Christopher Joseph Dennis Christopher “Wackit, Smasher, CD” Joseph Dennis, 42, Waterbury, a longtime resident of Newtown, died August 20, in St Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, after a work-related accident. He was bo...

Newtown Road Race September 1 The 7th annual Newtown Road Race 5K and Newtown Prevention Council Kids Run will take place at Dickinson Park at 9 am on Saturday, September 1. Annually, this race draws 500-600 runners, plus another 200 children in the ...

Trespassing Incident Police report that they learned at about 2:56 pm on August 17 that someone had forced entry and had illegally gone  into an unoccupied duplex residence at the Washington Square section of Fairfield Hills, off Keating farms ...

About Those Bullet Holes To The Editor: Town Historian Dan Cruson’s suggestion that the bullet holes in the rooster above The Meeting House happened during the 20th Century jibes with a story I was told some years ago. About 25 years ago ...

Charter Panel Recommending Split, Binding Budget With Ballot Questions By John Voket A fast-moving Charter Revision Commission voted unanimously August 20 to amend Newtown’s governing document in order to split or bifurcate the local budg...