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Historic Properties— House & Garden Tour Reveals Elaborate Landscaping By Andrew Gorosko Members of the public last weekend toured nine local historical residential properties with formal gardens, where property owners have enriched the...

New Aerial Photography Sets The Stage For Updated Maps By Andrew Gorosko The hundreds of aerial photos that were taken of the town during optimal seasonal conditions last spring are being assembled into an electronic photomosaic that will serve as th...

Watercolor Demonstration July 11 SCAN, the Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, will have Adele Moros painting a watercolor landscape at a meeting of SCAN on Wednesday evening, July 11, at 7:30. This demo will take place at the Newtown Meeting House,...

Digging Deep, Finding Savings (The following open letter has been received for publication.) Dear Newtown Voters: I am writing to elicit your Yes vote for the current proposed budget. As difficult as this budget process has been this year, ther...

Malloy Kicks Off Conn. Tourism Campaign HARTFORD (AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy toured the state promoting Connecticut’s new “Still Revolutionary” tourism campaign. The Democratic governor began with a ro...

Camille M. Taylor Camille M. (Mazza) Taylor, 71, of Lititz, Penn., formerly of Newtown, died June 22, at Hershey Medical Center, after a year long battle with cancer. She was born in Passaic, N.J., the daughter of Antoinette (Calandriello) and Vito M...

Summer In The High Meadow To the Editor: Whoever is responsible for this year’s delay in haying the High Meadow — be it the Fairfield Hills Authority, the Parks and Recreation Department, the Conservation Commission, or even...

Lightning Baseball Results Newtown Lightning 16-19 year old baseball highlights from this past week are as follows: Lightning 11, Milford Two 1: David Lucia led an offensive barrage with four hits and three RBIs, and Ben Stoller drove in three ru...

Big Government’s Defenders To the Editor: After four budget votes of No, we’re back where we were after vote three. Why are the selectmen and Legislative Council members taking a piecemeal, foot dragging approach? Why are they...

Crib Tents Recalled Due To Serious Safety Risk HARTFORD — The Department of Consumer Protection is alerting consumers about a nationwide voluntary recall announced by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and five major retaile...