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Regulars at the Sandy Hook Diner might be wondering why their favorite waitress is pouring juice in coffee cups and forgetting to bring them their eggs. I crouched beneath the counter and eavesdropped as to why Jodi’s head is in the cloud...

Former And Current NHS Athletes Assist In Clinics By Andy Hutchison Future Newtown High School baseball and football players recently got pointers — under the direction of head coaches — from current and past Nighthawk athlete...

Softball Team Wins Cheshire Flames Invitational The Newtown Hawks U14 softball team won the Cheshire Flames Invitational held in late June and early July. The Hawks played six games in two days to earn the championship. In the first game the Hawks ...

Lightning Baseball Highlights Newtown Lightning Connecticut Senior Baseball League 19U game results from this past week are as follows: Shelton 12, Lightning 9: Newtown outplayed the defending state champs through most of the game but fell apart ...

Wine & Cheese With Chris Seman Newtown photographer Chris Seman, author of The Patriotic Spirit, will host a book signing at C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, on Friday, July 20, from 6:30 until 8 pm. Mr Seman recently published his coffee table s...

Finance Board Delays Hawley HVAC Appropriation By John Voket The Board of Finance with two members absent July 9 opted to delay action on a special appropriation of $280,000 requested to cover professional services for the Phase 1 and 2 boiler repl...

Grasping The Basics On The Baseball Diamond Up and coming baseball stars got pointers on some of the basics at Matt Memoli’s Summer Baseball Academy at Newtown High School this summer.

Finding A Scapegoat To the Editor: When things go wrong as they have been with our budget referenda, find a scapegoat. Who else to throw to the wolves, but the school superintendent. I make no comment on the merits of the decision not to renew her co...

Gold Sluggers Begin Travel Careers With Wins Newtown Gold 8 year old baseball team members began their travel careers with an impressive 10-4 win over Woodbury this week. After going down by a run in the top of the first, Newtown stormed back with fi...

Summer Camps Continue Across Town Camps continued to entertain students this week, with Newtown Continuing Education’s SMART (Summer Music and Arts) programs continuing through a second week of the first session of programs offered at Hea...