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Town’s Credit Policies Earn It Windfall Savings By John Voket According to an advisor at Webster Bank, Newtown received better rates on its February 14 bond sales than AAA-rated Greenwich was able to achieve on a similar offering just a ...

P&Z Reviews Mapping For Town Plan Update By Andrew Gorosko In their ongoing update of the 2004 Town Plan of Conservation and Development, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members on February 10 discussed how the town’s geographic info...

Field Improvements At Oakview Several mounds of soil at Oakview Field on the corner of Oakview Road and Wasserman Way are now smoothed across the ground as town crews renovate the site. With improvements underway, Parks and Recreation Director Amy Ma...

Two MV Violations Police report that they stopped motorist Stacy Lawless, 19, of Danbury near 9 Main Street about 2:09 pm on February 11 to investigate. Police said they issued Lawless violations for failure to display a marker plate and for dri...

Local Republicans Hosting Fifth District Candidates Forum By John Voket The Newtown Republican Town Committee is sponsoring a Connecticut Fifth District Congressional forum for GOP Candidates Wednesday evening, February 22, at 8 pm, at Newtownâ€...

Newtown Youth Wrestlers Come Home Champions Members of the Newtown Youth Wrestling Association (NYWA) participated in the recent 12th Annual Robert Ihrig Youth Wrestling Tournament, held in Cobleskill, N.Y.  The tournament is one of several that se...

Tick-Borne Disease Panel’s Staffer Warns Selectmen About ‘Spin,’ ‘Inaccuracies’ By John Voket One of the lead support staffers for Newtown’s Tick-Borne Disease Action Committee ...

Winter Guard Performs At International Competition At their first Winter Guard International competition of the season held at Trumbull High School Saturday, February 11, the Newtown High School Varsity Winter Guard became the only Connecticut High S...

Historical Society Acquisition Is A Time Capsule Into Teenage Life In The 1920s By Nancy K. Crevier Sarah Farrell Mannix was born in Newtown in 1899, and lived here until her death in 2000. She attended the South Central School, not far from her Sout...

Newtown Junior Women’s Club Donates Mural To Danbury Hospital The Newtown Junior Women’s Club (NJWC) recently participated in PaintFest, a painting project purchased through The Foundation for Hospital Art that was painted by ...