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To the Editor: I’m writing this letter in support of James Gaston for Board of Selectmen. I’ve known Jim for almost 15 years. He coached my daughter for over five years in Newtown travel soccer and was a pillar of honesty and ...

IPN Is Many Things, But Not Narrow Minded To the Editor: Barbara O’Connor, an active member of the Republican Town Committee, last week accused the IPN and I of being narrow minded [“Narrow-Minded Representation,”...

Trying To Understand A Sellout To the Editor: This is a shame: the very people that are supposed to do the best thing for our community have let down so many of their citizens. Upon explaining the bus situation to my third and fourth grade kids, the...

P&Z Considers Revising Fairfield Hills Housing Rules Proposal By Andrew Gorosko Following discussion on the wisdom of a controversial proposal to create zoning rules to allow multifamily housing at Cochran House at Fairfield Hills, Planning and Zon...

Scholarships Available The Newtown High School Career Center publicizes all scholarships of which it is notified. A few of the scholarships , typically national ones, request that money be enclosed with the application. The Career Center believes tha...

Author Lecture And Book Signing To Kick Off New Library Series For Mystery Writers “Working On Mysteries Without Any Clues” is the first offering in the new series Get Clued In: a free series for mystery writers that will la...

A Sensible Solution To the Editor: Good for Ed Miklaszewski’s recommendation that there be a police officer directing traffic at the flagpole during rush hour [“Sandy Hook Resident Urges Flagpole Traffic Improvements,â€&#...

To the Editor: Paul Lundquist listens to the many voices of Newtown. His aim is to hear the disparate opinions about the strengths and needs of Newtown and then to play a role in coalescing these to create a vision for the future of our town. Paul h...

Marching Through Challenges To The Editor:  Thank you Newtown for your support and participation in this year’s Labor Day Parade. The rescheduling of the parade brought challenges that we have never faced. In the past parades we have had...