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Welcome A Child Into The Fresh Air Fresh Air Fund chairperson Marie Athans of Newtown has an urgent message: “We need more families in the Newtown area” to welcome inner-city children to their homes for a weeklong stay this su...

Falling Prices To the Editor: For the past few months, the pricing plan of our electrical suppliers in this area has gone down by a fair amount. Does the Newtown schools budget fully reflect that trend? Dom Nocturne 36 Key Rock Road, Newtown    Â...

Schools Are Key To Fighting America’s Obesity Epidemic Schools in Connecticut and across the nation should be a cornerstone of the nation’s obesity battle, but to trim Americans’ waistlines, changes are needed ever...

Woman’s Club Gathers Honors & Accolades, Elects Officers The Newtown Woman’s Club, GFWC, has been very busy recently, with members collecting awards and accolades. On Thursday, May 17, new officers were installed at the club...

Hawleyville Post Office Reclaims A Piece Of History By Nancy K. Crevier “This is fantastic. Boy, it brings back such memories,” said Jane Payne, who served as a clerk and officer in charge of Hawleyville Post Office from 1977 ...

Lightning Sluggers Edge Amity The U16-19 year old baseball team, the Newtown Lightning, sponsored by VFW Post #308, battled back from a 4-1 deficit to beat first-place Amity 6-5 in the final regular-season game Sunday at Fairfield Hills Field. Amity,...

Masonicare Summer Sounds Return June 13 For the 26th consecutive year, Masonicare at Newtown will sponsor free Summer Sounds Concerts on its grounds at 139 Toddy Hill Road. Area residents of all ages are invited to bring lawn chairs and blankets to ...

DUI Arrest At about 7:05 pm on May 27, police said they were attempting to stop motorist Kyle McCarthy, 19, of 12 Elana Lane on Philo Curtis Road in connection with a complaint about a domestic dispute, after which McCarthy engaged police in pur...

Face To Face, A World Away By Nancy K. Crevier  “The world is flat!” said Bridgeport Diocese Schools Superintendent Margaret Dames, referring to the book of that name by New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman. â&...

You Make The Call To the Editor: As we prepare to trudge to the polls for a third time this spring, those of us who are fiscally sane need to hold the line for the rest of us who have been baffled by the, well, you know. Sometime before Tuesday pick ...