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Tales From Fairfield Hills: Evolving Times By Nancy K. Crevier (This is the third in a series of Tales of Fairfield Hills, stories shared by local residents who worked and lived there when the property was a functioning psychiatric institution. N...

8-Year-Olds The Landscaping Unlimited Yellow Jackets were at full strength Saturday and displayed what could arguably be said to be their best play yet this season.  From the mound Jake Hossler, Brian Pendergast and RJ Eller were all throwing h...

NHS Track Athletes Break Records In National Competition Newtown High School’s track and field competitors had several outstanding performances in the New Balance Outdoor National Track and Field Championships in Greensboro, NC this past...

FIT To Finish The Rooster Run Participants of the Females In Training (FIT) to Run program competed in the Rooster Run this past weekend. In the end, 27 female runners, ages 8-12 crossed the finish line. Many of the girls were running a 5K for t...

Support For SNAN To the Editor, The Spay and Neuter Association of Newtown, Inc (SNAN) would like to thank all members and friends who baked, worked, contributed, bought, or rented a space at the SNAN Bake/Tag Sale held at the middle school last Satu...

Renewed Hope For Cleanup Of Contaminated Batchelder Site The Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently conducted environmental testing at the Charles Batchelder Company site on 40 Swamp Road. The property is the site of an abandoned alum...

LLS Light The Night Walk: One Way To Battle Cancers Of The Blood By Steve Bonanno The battle against cancer is fought on many fronts. One of the groups fighting the battle is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), a group dedicated to finding a cure...

Sex Charges Police report that on June 14 they charged two youths under age 18 on warrants with sex offenses in connection with a past incident. Police said they charged one youth with two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and charged the o...

Lots Of Hanging, Balancing And Flipping At Little Gym Grand Opening By John Voket Several dozen children, from toddlers to preteens, came out June 16 along with parents, grandparents, and curiosity-seekers wondering about The Little Gym, the newest ...

No New Taxes To the Editor: The Newtown Budget Vote: Please, “The Silent Majority” continues to vote No. Everyone I’ve talked to voted No because they do not want any new taxes, period. They did not say they wished...