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George W. Peart Friend To All About Town George W. Peart, 72, previously of Roxbury, Southbury, and Newtown, died August 16, in Danbury Health Care Center, where he had lived since December 2009. He was born in Bridgeport, December 19, 193...

DMV Promises To Reduce Wait Times WETHERSFIELD (AP) — The head of Connecticut’s Department of Motor Vehicles says steps are being taken to reduce longer-than-expected wait times that cropped up after some DMV services were reg...

Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of the Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For infor...

Thunder Falls Just Short Of New England Title The Newtown Thunder, a Cal Ripken 50/70 11-year-old baseball team, was an inning away from repeating as New England Regional champions when Exeter, N.H. scored two in the fifth and two more in the sixth ...

NMS Student’s ‘Summer Homework’ Provides Social Services With Backpacks By Eliza Hallabeck As the last days of summer tick by, some of the 24 backpacks purchased and filled with school supplies by rising Newtown M...

Women’s Football Tryouts The Northeastern Nitro Women’s Football Team will host tryouts for the 2012 season on September 10, October 15, October 29, and November 19 — all from noon to 2 pm. The location is to be an...

Lillian L. Hansen A Century Of Life Well-Lived Lillian L. Hansen, 100, a resident of Masonicare at Newtown, died peacefully on August 11. She was born March 6, 1911, in New York City, and lived most of her adult life in the Woodlawn area o...

Council Balks On Bus Resolution By John Voket Efforts to pass a Legislative Council resolution August 17 tied to the ongoing school transportation contract process were temporarily halted after officials heard from Board of Education representatives ...

Clinical Pastoral Education Program Begins At Danbury Hospital DANBURY — Clinical pastoral education is an exciting new spiritually focused training program beginning in September at Danbury Hospital. “Spiritual care is a re...

Alea Willis Willis, a soon-to-be fourth-grader, participated in the Murphy Basketball Camp at Newtown Youth Academy this summer. Favorite part about playing basketball: “I like stealing the ball.” When she â€&#...