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Christmas Victorian Tea & Sale SOUTH BRITAIN — The 8th Annual Victorian Tea and Sale will be held at South Britain Congregational Church on Saturday, December 3, from 11 am to 3 pm in the church’s parish hall. Every year the t...

Adopt From The Animal Center The following cats and dogs are available for adoption through The Animal Center:  PUMPKIN is a friendly, playful and fun 12 week old orange tabby. Pumpkin is neutered and current on vaccines. NEWTON is an incr...

Hawk Swimmers Ninth At State Championships Newtown High School’s girls’ swimming and diving team placed ninth among 16 schools in the Class LL state championships this past week. Newtown accumulated 216 points. Greenwich, with...

My Word! – Fourth Graders Get Dictionaries By Nancy K. Crevier Newtown Rotary Club President Pat Caruso, past president Brian Amey, and Sergeant at Arms Mike Snyder were at Hawley School, Monday afternoon, November 21, to present diction...

Scout Wreath Sale Begins This Weekend Boy Scout Troop 770 will be conducting its annual Christmas wreath sale as a troop fundraiser. Proceeds will help underwrite scout programs and activities like community service projects, monthly campouts, leade...

Thanksgiving Served For 70 Families By Shannon Hicks Thanks to the efforts of families, clubs, school groups, and organizations, all coordinated by Women Involved in Newtown, 70 families will have a full Thanksgiving feast this week. On Friday, Nove...

  Theater Review—    Last Work By Town Players, Definitely Worth Seeing,    Makes One Grateful For The Ties That Bind By Julie Stern In the immediate aftermath of the nightmare pre-Halloween snowstorm, I spied my neighbor Pam Meiste...

27th Annual Tree Lighting Memorials The Newtown Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a fundraising drive for the 27th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and luminarias display that will be presented at Ram Pasture on Friday, December 2. Donors may also cont...

Children’s Programs *Hands on Science: What’s The Buzz? Science educator and Sandy Hook resident Laurie Borst will lead her next Hands-On Science Workshop, Kaleidomania, for children ages 7–9 on Wednesday, November...

13th Annual WCSU Wine Tasting DANBURY — Fine wines from around the world and a richly varied buffet of foods prepared by local chefs will usher in the season at Western Connecticut State University’s 13th Annual Holiday Wine T...