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Putting Lipstick On A Pig  To the Editor: I will be voting No again next Thursday. The education budget request as currently presented reflects the full-day kindergarten (FDK) initiative and that’s a good thing for Newtown. Yet, without...

NYFS 2012 Award Recipients Newtown Youth & Family Services (NYFS) held its annual awards and recognition ceremony at C.H. Booth Library on June 25. During the ceremony, multiple awards and acknowledgements were given out. The H.D. Bassett Award was g...

Antiques Shows______ Saturdays: Woodbury Flea Market, 44 Sherman Rd (Rte 64 near Rte 6), Woodbury, opens 7:30 am, free adm & parking, up to 42 vendors w/ emphasis on early items & antiques, also plants & flowers; 203-263-62147. Sundays: Elep...

Renegades Battle In Jimmy Fund Tourney Newtown’s 9 year old baseball team, the Renegades, recently participated in the 19th Annual Al Leonard Jimmy Fund Tournament and reached the title round before falling to New Milford. Game results ar...

Three Businesses Lose BBB Accreditation WALLINGFORD — The Connecticut Better Business Bureau Board of Directors voted June 21 to revoke the accreditation of Cos Cob-based Home Improvements Plus, LLC because the company failed to fulfill i...

Animal Control Center Grand Opening July 8 By Kendra Bobowick The public is invited to the grand opening of the Brian J. Silverlieb Animal Care and Control Center of Newtown on Sunday, July 8, at 4 pm. The new facility is on Old Farm Road off of Trad...

Motorcycle DUI Police report that while on patrol at about 10:24 pm on July 4, they spotted a motorcyclist swerving while traveling eastward on Wasserman Way, so they stopped him to investigate. Police said they charged motorcyclist John Chapdel...

Town Players Heading To ‘Brighton Beach’ For Next Summer Offering Brighton Beach Memoirs, the semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon, opens July 6 at The Little Theatre. Town Players of Newtown will be presenting the co...

Where Reading Meets Eating The C.H. Booth Library in Newtown is accepting entries for its second annual Incredible Edible Book Contest, which will take place Saturday, July 28, at the library.  Entries must be edible, family friendly, and must some...

Occupation: I’m retired, of course. I worked in the envelope manufacturing business for 38 years. Century Envelope was the first one, in Brooklyn. Then Kimberly Clark took over. I was an instructor and taught many, many people. They a...