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Newtown residents are advised that there will be temporary road closures and travel restrictions on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 27, for the annual C.H. Booth Library Turkey Trot 5K and 2.5K road race/walk. The event will take place betwe...

Richard Michael Pesce, 85, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 8, 2025, due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Born on May 3, 1940, in Waterbury, Rich was the oldest of two children of William and Mary (Sforza) Pesce. He cherished th...

Family: my wife, Susan; and three children, Matthew, Adam and Sage. Pets: We have two dogs, Bella and Peach. Bella is a potential Chihuahua-terrier mix. She’s about 8 years old now, 30 pounds, and a brindle, and doesn’t really look like a Chi...

There have been many versions of Hansel and Gretel told and handed down over the years. HarperCollins recently published a re-telling of the story, this time with an interpretation by the prolific author Steven King, featuring illustrations by the la...

Local Sandy Hook resident Sattie Persaud has kept herself quite busy over the past month. Her busy schedule does not just focus on being the owner of Hilltop Kitchen or being the founder of World Heritage Cultural Center (WHCC). Persaud has found her...

Danbury Hat Tricks hockey players Jordon Kromm and Denis Zaychik (who has since been traded to the Indiana Sentinels) attended a fall softball practice and ran a fun-filled conditioning session for 12U and 14U softball players at Treadwell Park in mi...

Mary Ellen (Petersen) Weiner, age 81, of Sandy Hook, passed away Thursday, November 13. Born in 1944, Mary grew up in Bristol (Conn.). Mary was regional vice president for several building maintenance companies in Connecticut, California and Chicago....

Francis (Frank) J. Sullivan of Savannah, Ga., passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 16, at the age of 80, with loving family by his side. Frank was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather as well as a member of the choir at his parish, St Jam...

Board of Education (BOE) members celebrated Newtown High School (NHS) being renewed as a nationally recognized Unified Champion School and listened to presentations discussing district strategic goals at its Wednesday, November 5 meeting. NHS Athleti...

Thursday, November 6: 12:47 pm, tree/wires down, Hawleyville and Covered Bridge Roads, Hawleyville responded; 6:39 pm, service call, Main Street and Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 10:37 pm, motor vehicle accident (MVA), Barnabas and H...