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Winning Allies For Education On the same day late last month when the town’s budgetmakers were scratching their heads, trying to figure out their next move following the town’s fourth rejection of a proposed 2012-2013 budget, ...

New animal care center opening — Silverlieb, Aurelia & Llodra   Darryl Silverlieb helps Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia, center, choose the honorary dog of the year Sunday, June 8, while First Selectman Pat Llodra reads the dogâ...

*A reminder to start this week’s column that THE DOUG WAHLBERG BAND will be at Molly Darcy’s this weekend. Doug and crew will be playing at the Danbury eatery and Irish pub on Saturday, July 14, and plan to start 9:30 pm. *Mea...

SWIM Across The Sound Marathon Set For July 28 BRIDGEPORT — Eager swimmers and cheering crowds will join together Saturday, July 28, for the 25th Annual St Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound Marathon fundraiser. Approximately 22...

Saturday, July 7 Absentee voting session for the referendum on the proposed town budget for 2012-13, 9 am–noon, town clerk’s office, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street. Brighton Beach Memoirs, curtain 8 pm, T...

What is your favorite summer getaway? Mergim Bajraliu: The beach! Matt Sodoski: Orlando, Fla. Mary Anty: A river cruise in France. Nancy McClarney: My getaway is very different: I find my getaway with the Lord and wherever he wan...

Renegades Win Two, Battle Back For Tie The Newtown Renegades 86 baseball team got off to strong start in I-84 League play with two wins and a tie this past week. Game results are as follows: Renegades 17, Fairfield 2: The Renegades hosted and won the...

It’s Not The Money, It’s How The Money Is Distributed To the Editor: My issue with this year’s proposed budgets is not the amount of the total budget, but how the dollars have been distributed. Cutting the educati...

Liam Loging Loging, who will be a sixth grader this fall, participated in the Summer Baseball Academy at Newtown High in late June. Favorite part about playing baseball: “You get to interact and have fun, make new friends.â€&#x9d...

CL&P Reports Outages In Wake Of Conn. Storms BERLIN (AP) — Connecticut Light & Power reported early this week that few customers were without power after substantial numbers had lost electrical service when storms moved through the state...