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Annual Goods & Services Auction April 28 BETHEL — The First Congregational Church of Bethel will host its 27th annual Goods & Services Auction on Saturday, April 28. A preview will begin at 5:30 pm, and bidding will open at 7. The auction...

Griffin Hospital Hosting ‘Women’s Day of Health’ DERBY — Encouraging women to love and take care of their bodies is the focus of the 2nd Annual Women’s Day of Health, which will be held from...

You Cannot Serve Two Masters To the Editor: We have heard much about the plan by Governor Malloy to restructure education in our state. Governor, it is much worse than you think. At the root of much of the problems are the teachers’ unio...

Transfer Policy Passes— School Board Hears More Concerns About Bullying By Eliza Hallabeck Before opening the Board of Education’s Tuesday, April 10, meeting to the public, Chair Debbie Leidlein said her board takes concerns a...

Good As Gold – Lacrosse Team Wins Tourney The Newtown Gold sixth grade girls’ lacrosse team won five straight games to capture the championship at the Brookfield Ice Breaker Tournament on April 7. The girls dominated their opp...

Edmund W. Bowden Beloved Husband, Father, And Grandfather Edmund W. Bowden, 84, beloved husband of Eleanor Ferrusi Bowden of Monroe, died April 11, at Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Bridgeport, March 1, 1928, he was a son of Mae and J...

NBLA Membership Social April 17 The Newtown Bridle Lands Association (NBLA) will hold its Annual Membership Social on Tuesday, April  17 at 7:30 pm on the lower level of the Newtown Meeting House (across from the flagpole on Main Street) Join the NB...

Newtown Students Win State Level Science Fair Over the weekend of March 17 and 18, a number of Newtown students were named as finalists in the 65th Annual Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair, including a group from Newtown Middle School and groups...

*Jim Sheriden sent over a note this week to let me know that THE ADULTS have a trio of shows coming up, and all three are right here in Newtown. The band will be at Proud Mary’s, the lounge at The Inn at Newtown on Main Street, this Frida...

In Loving Memory Joseph Zakhar April 11, 1916 to August 23, 1997 Happy Birthday in Heaven to the most wonderful husband and father ever. We miss you more as each year passes. Always in our thoughts, forever in our hearts. R...