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Police Commission Candidate: Why I Am Running To the Editor I am pleased to have been nominated for the position of police commissioner by the Independent Party of Newtown. I have lived in Newtown with my wife and two children for the past 31 years,...

Private Sector Does Not Create Jobs In Free Democracy To the Editor: What wannabe world improvers like President Obama and other politicians fail to recognize is that the “state” by its very nature cannot simply create jobs i...

Public Memorial Service Commemorates A Private Grief By Nancy K. Crevier Sunday, September 11, 2011, dawned as clear as the fateful day ten years earlier when terrorists stole the innocence from America and her people with attacks on the World Trade...

It’s A Dog’s Life— Tips On Training By Mary Jane Anderson Q: Rocky is a family dog. He is cared for by all three of us. My husband trains him, my son plays with him, and I feed him. But Rocky is most loyal to my hu...

More People Should Have Had A Say In Bus Contract To the Editor: It was with disappointment that I read of the School Board’s decision to award the school bus contract to All-Star and not the owner-operators. It would have been nice if t...

Legislative Council Candidate: Why I Am Running To the Editor: It is an honor to be nominated by the Independent Party of Newtown as a candidate for Legislative Council, District 2. As a resident of Newtown for over three years, this is a great time...

Scrapbag Art Quilters Annual Exhibit At Library The annual Scrapbag Art Quilters exhibit of contemporary art quilts, “Playing on the Surface,” is on display on the main floor of C.H. Booth Library, until Friday, October 14, ...

Youth Basketball Clinics And Teams Lady Nighthawks Fall Girls Basketball Clinics: Offered Tuesdays, September 20, 27, and October 4, 18, 25; and Thursday September 22. Grades 7-8 from 5:30-7 pm and grades 5-6 from 7-8:30 pm. Cost: $100 per player...

NHS Marching Band & Guard Takes First In First Competition Of The Season In its first competition of the school year, on Saturday, September 10, the Newtown High School Marching Band & Guard captured first place in the Class IV Open Division of the ...

Open Meeting The September 20 open meeting will be held at 7:30 pm on the lower level of The Newtown Meeting House, across from the flagpole on Main Street. The meeting will feature a discussion on “Managing Equine Risk & Exposureâ&#...