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Amelia Olivia Lee K. Allan and Rachel S. Lee of Forest Heights, Md., happily announce the birth of Amelia Olivia Lee, born May 3, at the George Washington Hospital, in Washington, D.C. Amelia weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 19 inches in leng...

Doggone Etiquette — It’s Summer! By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog: It is not quite, but almost summertime. According to people who make up things like calendars, summer won’t officially arrive for another ...

Invasive Plant Seminar & Habitat Restoration Event Planned For National Trails Day At Weir Farm WILTON — June 2 will mark the 20th anniversary of the American Hiking Society’s trail awareness program, National Trails Day. In h...

Three, Two ... ONE — Gervais Wins At Stafford Motor Speedway By David S. Smith STAFFORD SPRINGS — The countdown was on at Stafford Motor Speedway for race car driver Michael Gervais Jr on Friday night May 25. Coming off two c...

Fund Managers Sought For Capital Program WASHINGTON, DC — The US Small Business Administration is inviting experienced early stage investment fund managers to apply for licensing as Early Stage Innovation Funds as part of SBA’...

171 In State Accused In Storm Aid Fraud HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut officials say they’ve given prosecutors the names of 171 state residents who may have fraudulently received federal aid when additional food stamp benefits we...

Scores From The Softball Diamonds Youth softball scores and highlights from this past week: U6 Diamond Electrical Supply vs. Carminuccio ’s: For Diamond Electrical Supply, Alexa Glynn, Tory Lewis, and Katie Daoust had great hi...

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,...

Sports Foundation Promotes Emerging Media Expert The Newtown-based National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, has promoted Laura Springer to manager of emerging media. In her new role, ...

Kenneth Leroy Bowman Kenneth Leroy Bowman, 68, of the Town of St James, N.C., formerly of Newtown, died at home, May 25, with his family beside him, after fighting cancer for more than a year. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, November 13, 1943, to Ruth...