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Early voting for the Presidential Preference Primary, being offered for the first time in Connecticut this year, begins today. Registered Democrats will receive ballots listing Marianne Williamson, Dean Phillips, Cenk Uygur, and Joe Biden. Register...

All town offices and agencies, including Newtown Senior Center, will be closed Friday, March 29, for Good Friday. Newtown Community Center will be open normal operating hours (6 am to 8 pm) on Friday, but there are no health and wellness classes that...

The Town’s 2024-25 proposed budget is in its final stretch, as the Legislative Council began its review at a meeting on March 13. The council’s review marks the last round of reviews of the budget by town boards before going before the public for a v...

UPDATE (April 8, 2024): This article has been updated to provide the correct phone number for the HRRA. ***** Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority (HRRA) Executive Director Jennifer Heaton-Jones talked to Newtown residents about recycling, wa...

Motorists can expect lane closures on the I-84 West Exit 9 ramps during the overnight of Tuesday, March 26, into Wednesday, March 27. The closures will allow work to continue on the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Wrong Way Driver Co...

L. Joseph "Joe" Holub Jr, of St. George, Maine, died peacefully surrounded by his family on January 26, 2024, after a brief battle with cancer. Joe was born on April 30, 1945, in Queens, New York, to Lewis J. Holub and Jeanne Whelan Holub. A fascinat...

Arlene Coffin O’Brien, age 82, of Newtown, beloved wife of the late Robert W. O’Brien, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at Danbury Hospital. Arlene was born in Stratford on November 6, 1941, daughter of the late Harland H. and Helene Leopold Coffin...

Hit Mailbox, Tree Newtown Police report Abigail Emslie, 23, of Bethel, operating a 2023 Dodge Challenger, was traveling north on Hattertown Road at 1:32 am March 9. While negotiating a left curve in the roadway, Emslie attempted to avoid an anim...

HARTFORD — On March 18, State Representatives Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) and Martin Foncello (R-107) hailed the decision by the Education Committee leadership to strike two controversial sections in a bill that would have reduced the number of student cr...

Wednesday, March 13: 9:39 am, fire alarm, 21 Old Farm Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 12:36 pm, fire alarm, 12 Turnberry Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 4:34 pm, fire alarm, 5 Sugarloaf Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook respond...