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Unanswered Questions On School Staffing Inefficiencies To the Editor:  I must respectfully disagree with Ronald J. Bienkowski’s letter last week titled “Multiple-Year Comparisons of School Costs Are Unfair.” I am ...

TITANIC 12,450 ft BELOW Ballard Balances Excitement, Reverence During Centennial Exhibit Opening By John Voket MYSTIC — It was as though Oceanographer Robert Ballard flipped a switch. At one point during a crowded press conference for ...

Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Issues— Murphy Town Hall Meeting On Entitlements By John Voket Congressman Chris Murphy was blunt but conciliatory as he engaged attendees at a public town hall-style meeting April 10 about several key ...

Lions Getting Ready For Great Pootatuck Splashdown The Lions Club is getting ready to once again put all of its duck in a row… in the river, anyway. On the corner of Church Hill Road and Glen Road in Sandy Hook, approximately 4,000 rubber duck...

More Small Businesses Across Connecticut Receive EXP Grants HARTFORD — Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced March 9 that four additional small businesses have qualified for grants through the state’s Small Business Express Prog...

LUNCH MENU WEEK OF APRIL 23 – 27     NEWTOWN HIGH school   MONDAY, APRIL 23 Chicken enchiladas, fiesta rice, salsa, Southwest black beans, Mexican corn, milk   TUESDAY, APRIL 24 Beef/turke...

21-22, April......... Concord, MA.................... 21 22, April............ Huntington, NY..................... 6 22, April............ Sturbridge, MA................... 24 27-29, April........ New York City.................... 15 27-29, April.......

The program features interviews with prominent pastors, rabbis, imams, and other spiritual leaders of a variety of local faith communities. It can be viewed on Charter Communications Channel 21 each Monday at 12:30 pm and again on Wednesday at 5:30 p...

The Budget Vote Sometimes it seems like there is nothing small about government anymore. The federal budget exists somewhere out there on the far side of comprehension. (How does one even think about $4 trillion?) And officials in Hartford reprise th...

Earth Day Event Will Benefit The Pootatuck River By Kendra Bobowick Splashing through the heart of Sandy Hook Center is the Pootatuck River. Slipping over rocky shallows and pooling in deeper pockets, it is a favorite attraction spanned by footbridge...