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Thanks To Volunteers Who Supported Tree Planting Around Natural Asset

Published: Mar 28, 2024 at 04:23 PM
To the Editor: I wanted to express my personal appreciation to everyone who supported the riparian buffer tree planting last Saturday along a treeless section of Town open space through which the Pootatuck River flows. This river area would have rema...

Newtown’s Land And Wildlife Deserve Vigilant, Unwavering Protection

Published: Mar 28, 2024 at 03:35 PM
To the Editor: I am writing on behalf of our family to express our vehement opposition to the proposed cluster housing project on Castle Hill. As a resident living in close proximity to this parcel, a frequent visitor to the trails that border Taunto...

A Disturbing Letter

Published: Mar 28, 2024 at 03:30 PM
To the Editor: Mr Robert Morrison’s letter putting President Donald Trump in the same “pot” as Hitler and Putin is disturbing. All voters that voted for him (twice) should be as appalled as I am. This rhetoric is what is tearing the United States of ...

The State Needs Solutions For Garbage Crisis

Published: Mar 28, 2024 at 03:00 PM
Trash. We all generate at least some, every day, just living our everyday lives. And with ours and every one else’s in the state, we’re overwhelming Connecticut’s ability to deal with it. The Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority considers Connecti...

Thomas Flanagan

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Thomas Joseph Flanagan, age 92, of Newtown, and formerly a longtime resident of Bellmore, New York, passed away on March 25, 2024 after a brief illness. Thomas (Tom) was born on February 2, 1932, in New York, New York, to Thomas Flanagan and Anna Smy...

Snapshot: Alexa Griffin

Published: Mar 27, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Family: I live with my partner, Michael. My mom is Dana, who just moved to Newtown too, so she’s nice and close by. Pets: I have two cats, Maisie and Happy, and I love them to death. They’re my tiny fur babies. How long have you lived in ...

House Of Harrison To Help Struggling Teens

Updated: Mar 27, 2024 at 11:35 AM
While looking for ways to help others following the death of her son, Harrison, in August 2023, Newtown resident Lynne Farah volunteered for various causes around town before stumbling onto a new mission. While volunteering at FAITH Food Pantry, a fe...

150 Easter Baskets Assembled For Local Children

Published: Mar 27, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Women Involved in Newtown (WIN) spent the evening of March 13 at The Children’s Adventure Center, where they assembled Easter baskets for distribution among local children. Children’s Adventure Center Executive Director Anna Ruggiero, who is also a m...