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Newtown Youth Services Job Bank Offers Opportunities By Steve Bonanno While Newtown’s out-for-the-summer students may be looking for work and Newtown residents may have odd jobs in need of being done, Newtown Youth & Family Services has a...

Newtown Centenarian Begins His 101st July By Nancy K. Crevier When George Dewitt Wight Ferris was born July 2, 1912, to Fanny Ophelia and Charles Ferris, the youngest of seven children, he nearly did not live past day one. But thanks to the efforts o...

Pickin’ & Fiddlin’ Returnin’ July 14 ROXBURY — Thirty eight years ago, the Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department in conjunction with its annual Old Roxbury Days sponsored a contest to display the skills of ...

‘Pick Of The Crop’ To Feature The Best Of Washington’s Gardens WASHINGTON — The Washington Garden Club is putting a new twist on the traditional garden tour by returning to “workingâ€&#...

Ridgefield VNA Offering Well Child Clinics RIDGEFIELD — The local VNA is currently taking appointments for a series of well child clinics to be held over the next two months. The clinics provide low-cost school, camp, or sports physicals...

Jaclyn Foran Woitkowski and Michael F. Porco, Jr Nancy and Raymond Woitkowski of Dalton, Mass., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jaclyn Foran Woitkowski of Southbury, to Michael F. Porco, Jr, of Newtown. He is the son of Sil...

Newtown Support Groups Friday, July 6       AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion. Saturday, July 7   Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (Monsignor Conroy Room), ...

Porco’s Donut Dash Benefits Youth Family & Services Porco’s Karate Academy recently hosted the fifth Annual Donut Dash and raised $530 to benefit Newtown Youth & Family Services. There were 21 runners on hand for the 3.1-mile ...

A Tick Control Measure Worth Considering To the Editor: I wish to comment on the article by John Voket titled “DEEP To Support Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Not Deer Cull” [Bee, 6/29/12]. Having attended the presentation by ...

Doggone Etiquette— Day Trips By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog: You dogs are of several minds about travel. Some of you love to go for a ride in the car, that is, if it’s a short trip to somewhere that’s fu...