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The Narrow Path To Educational Excellence Now that the Board of Education has assembled a complex $70 million budget to run Newtown’s schools in 2012-2013, the town’s finance authorities — the Board of Finance and ...

Concerned that students are not spending enough time in the classroom, the Newtown Board of Education is exploring ways of adding more days to the school calendar. On February 10, the board approved the following statement for submission to state leg...

Margaret McCue Gribbin An Indomitable Irish Spirit Margaret “Peggy” McCue Gribbin, 87, a former resident of Heritage Village, Southbury, and Ewing, N.J., died February 3, at Danbury Hospital, with her daughter and s...

Flagpole Photographers To Host Competition/Meeting, Still Life Workshop Flagpole Photographers Camera Club will conduct a photo competition on Thursday, February 16, in the lower meeting room of C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street. The program will be...

Catherine Goette Ochs A Woman Of Many Interests Catherine Goette Ochs, 89, of Newtown, died at her home, February 4, with her daughter by her side. She was born in Hawkinsville, Ga., July 20, 1922, to Minnie Mae Schneider and Martin A. Go...

Bluebird Nest Box Workshop DERBY — The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Kellogg Environmental Center in partnership with Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society is sponsoring a Bluebird Nest Box Workshop on Saturda...

‘Stone Soup’ Opening Reception The FrameWorks Gallery (Koenig FrameWorks) will host the opening reception for “Stone Soup,” featuring a diverse collaboration of the artists Judith Secco, Mally DeSomma a...

Barry & Jamie Schroeder Jamie Ryan Cavanaugh and Barry Richard Schroeder were married on August 20, 2011. The marriage ceremony was conducted by Bill Bosch, and it was followed immediately by a reception at The Candlewood Inn in Brookfield. It w...

LUNCH MENU WEEK OF february 13 – 17     reed intermediate school   MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Cheese pizza dippers, pizza dipping sauce, seasoned peas, diced pears, milk   TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Ha...

Art Exhibits____ _____ Avanc é Esth étiques Day Spa, Sand Hill Plaza, 228 Main St South/Rte 25, Newtown; 203-270-8911. Through Feb 27: watercolors by award-winning New Fairfield artist Susan Holden-Sagona incl still lifes, florals, figure...