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Girls Midgets The Murphy Basketball Camp Orange Crushers finished off the 2011-2012 season with a great game on Saturday. The team was led by solid defensive efforts from Erin Phaneuf, Grave Eurell, Scarlett Long, Rachel Arena, Samantha...

Amateur Radio Tech Class Forming Candlewood Area Radio Association (CARA) will be holding a technician class (entry level) for amateur radio (“ham radio”) in Newtown. Sessions will begin on Tuesday, April 10, and will run for ...

Time To Follow Our ‘Better Angels’ To the Editor: Liz Sortino is right that disrespect for other people’s beliefs is un-American. Though it’s bizarre that college students who once chanted, â€&#x9c...

Anna B. Seman Cherished By Family Anna B. Seman, 95, of Ellenton, Fla., and previously a longtime resident of Newtown, died peacefully March 8. She was born in Yonkers, N.Y., June 8, 1916, a daughter of Mary (Warwick) and Steve Borros. Mrs Seman...

Energetic Tolson Scores Sportsman Of Year Honors By Andy Hutchison DANBURY — A Newtown High School hockey player gets penalized for two minutes and skates to the Danbury Ice Arena penalty box for a seat. Next to him is a Jeff Tolson, the ...

E-Book Borrowing At C.H. Booth Library Is Catching On By Nancy K. Crevier As of February 28, patrons of C.H. Booth Library with a current library card have been able to borrow e-books. The new library subscription service, OverDrive, gives access to ...

Spring Renews Barberry Blitz Campaign By Kendra Bobowick As warm weather prompts early spring blooms, Conservation Commission member Marjorie Cramer’s “great fear” this year is that the invasive barberry shrub will...

‘Native American Communities In Western Connecticut,’ April 9 Those who greeted the first European settlers in Connecticut had a long history in the area, dating back to the days of hunting mastodons. Newtown Historical Socie...

School Board Hears About Expanding International Initiatives By Eliza Hallabeck Newtown High School Assistant Principal Jason Hiruo and several other people who have worked with or who have become part of the Newtown International Center of Education...

Rashad Brewer Brewer, a Newtown High sophomore, worked out with the basketball team as part of the practice squad. Favorite part about practicing with the team: “Practicing different drills and expanding my understanding of the game.â...