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Middle Gate Celebrates Reading With Week Of Events By Eliza Hallabeck Middle Gate Elementary School celebrated a week of reading from Monday, April 9, to Friday, April 13, with multiple events, including a family book night, a visit from a nonfiction...

Time To Pray To the Editor: We are living in extremely chaotic times. With massive unemployment, government scandals, food and fuel prices escalating uncontrollably, and a national election campaign that is polarizing the country, it seems that we as...

Sherman Man Arrested On Bribery Charge  State police this week arrested a Sherman man on individual counts of bribery and offering an illegal gift in connection with his allegedly seeking to bribe a judge to influence the results of a grand jury in...

Memo From Administrators’ Rep Warns Of ‘Legal Action’ Against School Bd. By John Voket A letter from the school district administrators’ attorney to Superintendent Janet Robinson is being perceived by s...

Davis Throws No-No, Hawk Sluggers Win Two Blowouts By Andy Hutchison It was Friday the 13th but Newtown High pitcher Mike Davis was feeling lucky — and looking really good on the mound. Davis, only a sophomore, fired a no-hitter to lead N...

The Emerson College chapter of the National Broadcasting Society won three awards at the annual National Convention. Newtown resident and Emerson student Laura Bittman won for the NBS Chapter Website. The 49th Annual National Student Electronic Media...

Softball Team Blanked Three Times Newtown High School’s softball team was shutout by Masuk of Monroe, Bethel, and Brookfield this past week, and fell to 1-5 overall. The Nighthawks were no-hit by Masuk pitcher Tatum Buckley in a 13-0 setb...

Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla Offering Public Education Classes, Complimentary Vessel Inspections OXFORD — The US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 24-12, based out of Oxford, will be offering several public education courses along with co...

Allow Children To Be Children To the Editor: Why is it that children are not allowed to be children? It is for such a very short time. Imagine a 4-r-year-old in morning nursery school/play group etc a few days a week who would now have to get on a bu...

Chamber Hosting ‘Shop Local’ Expo, Taste of Bethel BETHEL — The Bethel Chamber of Commerce is hosting its first “Shop Local” Business Expo and Taste of Bethel Sunday, April 29. The Expo, pre...