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Nineteenth Century Newtown Album Quilt Comes Home   An album quilt found early this summer in a consignment shop in Florida has made its way back to Newtown, where it was originally quilted during the mid to late Nineteenth Century. Antiques de...

Prismatic Magic Brings Laser Show To Hawley Students By Eliza Hallabeck Hawley Elementary School Lead Teacher Chris Breyan welcomed students to the first assembly of the school year on Friday, September 9, before he introduced Jamie Gannon of Prismat...

Philomena Bast Loving Mother And Grandmother Philomena Bast, 90, of Leeds, N.Y., died suddenly September 13, at her home. She was born June 24, 1921, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Angelina (Colapinto) and Thomas Castellana. Two sons, includ...

NHS Class Of 1991 Holding Reunion The Newtown High School Class of 1991 will be hosting its 20th year reunion on October 8. The reunion will be held at the Southbury Crowne Plaza, 1284 Strongtown Road (Route 188) in Southbury, from 7 until 11 pm. Th...

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...

Forever in our hearts Forever in our lives Tyler David Jones October 5, 1992 to September 18, 2009 My dear Tyler, I miss you so,      hard to believe that is has been two years since you had to go. Your presence remains ...

Occupation: I’m a self-taught, freelance artist. I do murals, mostly. Most recently, I did the mural on the Botsford Fire Department building, and the custom hood on one of their fire trucks. For those jobs, I used airbrush and brush ...

Second Annual Firehouse Ride & Pig Roast September 25 By Kendra Bobowick The sound of motorcycles and smoky aroma of barbecue will again herald the start of the 2011 Firehouse Ride & Pig Roast on Sunday, September 25. Riders and passengers are invite...

Town, State Officials Target Utility As They Debrief Following Irene By John Voket Care and communication seem to be the initial focal points of Newtown’s Emergency Response Team (ERT). The cluster of local officials and department heads...

NSA Sends Students To College With Over $200,000 In Awards The Newtown Scholarship Association, Inc (NSA) announced its scholarship awards for the 2011-12 academic year recently. All awards have just been finalized, with 75 students receiving $207,00...