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Relay For Life Reminders, Fundraisers & Updates Newtown is preparing for its 9th Annual Relay For Life, which will return to Newtown Youth Academy (NYA) at Fairfield Hills Friday, June 1. Relay organizers and teams are ramping up activities and effo...

State Unveils $27 Million Tourism Campaign HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut is using a new marketing strategy to boost tourism that draws attention to the state’s role in the Revolutionary War. Governor Dannel P. Malloy unveiled on...

Annual Hospice Breakfast Slated For June 6 Co-chairpersons Marg Studley and Marie Sturdevant of the Newtown Chapter of Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut have announced that the annual fundraising and volunteer thank you breakfast ...

Friends Of Music To Conduct Annual Meeting Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of Newtown Friends of Music, Inc, will be held Tuesday, May 22, at 7:30 pm, in The Mary Hawley Room of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street. Members of record as o...

Dean Baye Baye is a Newtown High School junior who is preparing with the football team for the fall season. Favorite part about playing: Winning. Toughest aspect: Conditioning. Favorite subject: Science. Team he roots for: New York Gi...

Doggone Etiquette — Stag Parties By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog:                            These for-dogs-only parties may be called “stag” parties by some people, but are more...

Sluggers Hopeful Success Carries Over Into Playoffs By Andy Hutchison There was plenty of winning-way inspired goofing around and laughing inside the home team’s dugout on May 9. It’s easy to let loose and be happy when wins a...

NYA Hosts Community Planting Day For Veterans Honor Garden Gardeners and supporters of US Armed Forces joined together with shovels, rakes, and more on Saturday, May 5, behind the Newtown Youth Academy (NYA) to help put finishing touches on a Vetera...

Professional Researcher On The 1940 Census At Booth Library May 23 Professional researcher and club member Toni McKeen will be the guest speaker of Newtown Genealogy Club at 7 pm on Wednesday, May 23, at C.H. Booth Library. Due to a scheduling confl...

*** The fifth annual Newtown Kickoff Memorial Day Soccer Tournament will get underway this Saturday, May 23, and run through Monday, May 25, when champions will be crowned in six age brackets. The 1987 Kickoff Tournament will bring together 72 teams ...