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Breast Cancer Benefit Concert Planned David Kendall and Marissa Famiglietti will be performing live music, with piano and vocals, at Newtown Meeting House on Wednesday, May 23, to help The Bosom Buddies raise funds to fight breast cancer. Bosom Budd...

Vote Yes On May 15 To the Editor I am writing today to help convince voters who remain on the fence to vote Yes on the May 15 referendum and pass the school and town budget. My reasoning is very pragmatic: if the budget fails, there will be further c...

 Girls’ Track Team Races Toward Championship Season By Kelley Baylis With the postseason meets, including the South-West Conference championships, less than two weeks away, members of the Newtown High School girls’ track and...

The Test Of Fire To the Editor: I was sorry to read how offended one person was by the Test of Fire video presented on the St Rose website. [“Consigning Democrats To Hell,” Letter Hive, 5/4/12.] The Test of Fire is a referenc...

In Budget Forum Follow-Up, Officials Respond To More Questions By John Voket Following the first town budget information forum, conducted Monday, May 7, several town officials who participated provided follow-up interviews to either address questions...

Lionelle W. Champagne Lionelle W. “Lee” Champagne, 75, of Naugatuck, died May 6, at Bridgeport Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Patricia (Donovan) Champagne. He was born in Goffstown, N.H., November 22, 1936, to Simone ...

Art Exhibits ___________________ Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St, Ridgefield; 203-438-4519. *(new show) May 20-Oct 21: “Found Outside,” projects by artists Joy Curtis, Ethan Greenbaum, Jason Clay Lewis, Saul ...

NHS Girls Lacrosse Team Earns Big Wins By Andy Hutchison Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team overcame a 9-5 halftime deficit to top visiting Hall of Hartford 16-14 in the first of two straight challenging nonconference ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — On view through August 12, the Albany Institute of History & Art is presenting “First in the Hearts of His Countrymen: George Washington,” featuring objects that memorialize and commemorate the count...

Elementary Questions To the Editor: If you have seen the TV show Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? raise your hand. For those not familiar with the show, the format is simple. Participants are asked questions on a range of topics such as math, geo...