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Alzheimer’s Association Partners With Whalers  DANBURY — The Alzheimer’s Association Connecticut Chapter is hosting a benefit night at the Danbury Whalers on Friday February 24, at 7:35 pm at their arena at One ...

Town Should Exercise Caution In Deer Reduction Plan To the Editor: At a recent meeting the Newtown Board of Selectmen announced its intention to ask the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to assist in addressing the deer pr...

Town Truck Driver Apparently Hit With Thrown Snowball While driving a town-owned snowplow truck on Berkshire Road (Route 34) at about 6:30 pm on Saturday, January 21, a town road crew member was apparently struck in the side of the head by a thrown ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY January 23, William Thomas Lokey, Age 3 January 29, Duncan Kolb, Age 3 January 29, Elias Kolb, Age 3 January 29, Harry Urbina, Age 3 Deadline for the February 3 issue is Tuesday, January 31, at 4 pm. To include...

Newtown Women’s Cookie Lighthouse Takes Top Prize In 10th Annual ‘Festival Of Lighthouses’ Contest NORWALK — A precise model of the Sheffield Island Lighthouse, made out of sugar cookies by two Newtown...

State Elections Commission Dismisses Complaints Against Town Clerk By John Voket In separate decisions on January 18, the State Elections Enforcement Commission (SEEC) declined to take any action regarding complaints filed against Town Clerk Debbie A...

The Cat Behind The Mountain By Nancy K. Crevier It is a painful thing when one realizes he or she is a FOM — Friend Of Mountain, the cat who paws through the scrap bucket of Newtown each week and picks out random bits to publish in his we...

Selectmen Review A New Hook & Ladder Firehouse Proposal By John Voket After Newtown Hook & Ladder officials said they spent about $100,000 of the $750,000 raised for a new headquarters just trying to clear legal hurdles to build the facility on donat...

Three MV Violations Police report that at about 6:51 am on January 23, they stopped motorist Alcides Cabrera, 31, of Danbury on South Main Street, near Borough Lane, to investigate. That investigation resulted in police charging Cabrera with mis...

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