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LUNCH MENU WEEK OF MARCH 19 – 23     NEWTOWN HIGH school   MONDAY, MARCH 19 Chicken enchiladas, fiesta rice, salsa, Southwest black beans, Mexican corn, milk   TUESDAY, MARCH 20 Beef/tur...

Obama And Religion To the Editor: If you are feeling that President Obama is trying to dismiss the importance of Christian and Jewish faith in America, you will find the following facts support that view. David Barton, noted Conservative historian, h...

The Queen Street Commission? To the Editor: I think that the Newtown Police Commission should be called “The Queen Street Traffic Commission.” That is the primary concern of this commission for several years now. Enough.  The...

Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.      —Lewis Grizzard It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.   ...

Girls Capture Division Title Newtown’s fifth grade girls’ basketball team claimed the A Division title in the Fairfield County Basketball League playoffs this past week. Newtown defeated Norwalk 29-8 in the title game at a pa...

Norman D. McConnell Newtown High School Biology Teacher Norman D. McConnell, 62, of Shelton, died March 10, with his entire loving family by his side. He was born in Philadelphia September 1, 1949, the son of Margaret S. (Mingle) and Norman W. M...

Head O’ Meadow Students Celebrate Writing By Eliza Hallabeck In the rooms of Head O’ Meadow second grade teachers Sara Washicko, Karen Dreger, and Amy LaRusso, on Wednesday, February 29, students read to their fellow students,...

Clow Scholarship Check Presented To Nursing Student Kyle O’Connor, a student in the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing, was recently presented with a scholarship check by Newtown VNA. Kyle, now 20, is a 2010 gradu...

Ryan Mayer and Shannon Kohn Pamela and Kevin Kohn of Newtown happily announce the engagement of their daughter, Shannon Jeanne Kohn, to Ryan A. Mayer, son of Kathy and Bill Mayer of St Clair, Mich. Shannon graduated from Newtown High School in 2...

2012-13 Budget Proposal By The Numbers On March 14, the Board of Finance approved a 2012-13 townwide budget request to the Legislative Council, which is scheduled to hold its public hearing on the proposal Wednesday, March 28. If the council sends t...