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Selfless Service To the Editor: Hats off to the five volunteer fire departments for their dedicated service throughout the storm. Starting Saturday night they were all there once the trees starting falling. They were all out there making sure our liv...

Some State Health Care Providers Leery Of New Medicare Pay Plan By Deirdre Shesgreen ©The Connecticut Mirror WASHINGTON, D.C. — Medicare officials in Washington are trying to woo doctors and hospitals to participate in a strategic new p...

NHS Seniors Till ‘Fields Of Growth’ In Africa By Nancy K. Crevier Seventeen-year-old friends and rising Newtown High School seniors Riley Wurtz and Will Fletcher love lacrosse, and they love Africa. The opportunity to combine ...

The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t chan...

Thursday, August 18: 11:01 am, public service, 228 South Main Street, Botsford responded; 2:44 pm, hazardous condition, near 66 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded. Friday, August 19: 10:48 am, alarm, 139 Toddy Hill Road, Botsford, San...

Nourishments — A Dilly Of An Herb By Nancy K. Crevier I always thought that the tag in the “Lavender’s Blue” nursery rhyme, “dilly, dilly,” referred to one of my favorite...

Terry Family On Track At State Games Members of Newtown’s Terry family had strong showings in the Nutmeg State Games at Willow Brook Park in New Britain on August 7. Pictured are, from left: Cole Terry, 12, who won gold medals in th...

9/11 Memorial Ceremony Planned In Sandy Hook The public is invited to attend a special ceremony on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 being hosted by Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company. It will take place on Sunday, September 11, at 8:30 am. Kevin...

Nanavaty, Nanavaty & Davenport Merging With Monroe Firm Newtown-based CPA and business advisory firm Nanavaty, Nanavaty & Davenport, LLP will merge with the Monroe firm of Ronald C. Chickering, CPA, effective of November 1. The combined firm will ret...

Earl Smith To Be Honored By Friends, Local Democrats By John Voket Longtime local educator and former Democratic Town Committee chairman Earl Smith, Jr, will be the guest of honor at the DTC’s first Jefferson-Jackson-Bailey Dinner, set fo...