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60th Annual Bridgewater Country Fair Open This Weekend BRIDGEWATER — The 60th Bridgewater Country Fair will return to the Route 133 fairgrounds (100 Main Street South) Friday through Sunday, August 19-21. Gates will be open from 4 to 11 p...

What appliance or piece of technology do you find you have to replace most often? Sharon Nolan: Probably my cellphone. From left, Tori, Rob, and Melody Jackson: I would say a video player, a DVD player. Amazingly enough, they break all the time. Fro...

Daria Musk Playing To Thousands Worldwide From Her Newtown Studio By John Voket Newtown has enjoyed its share of firsts and fame, from the invention of Scrabble and the development of the tea bag to some of its notable residents, including Olympian B...

Newtown High School Fall Sports Tryouts Newtown High School has announced the schedule for fall sports tryouts, but note that the schedule is subject to change. Check www.nighthawksports.com for updates. All students who are trying out for a sports ...

Newtown’s Planning and Zoning Commission has a favorite tool in its journeyman’s kit that is specifically designed to help towns break free of a legacy of residential development that erases entire ecosystems and natural envir...

The Tsunami To the Editor: We have just witnessed an earthquake, the downgrading of our nation’s ability to pay its debts. The first waves of the coming economic tsunami are here with us. Whether Standard & Poor’s were the be...

Reckless Driving Police said they were using speed-detection radar on Hanover Road about 5 pm on August 12, when a motorist drove through the area going northward, traveling well above the posted speed limit and accelerating as he drove. Police ...

Joseph T. Kasper, Jr, of Trumbull, the new owner of the Newtown Shopping Center, said August 20 he still plans to expand the center by building a larger A&P and putting up several smaller additions. He said he will need to replace the existing septic...

Athletes Stand Out In Nutmeg Games Newtown’s Caitlyn Linden and Megan Goyda received gold medals after they helped the Southwest Warriors’ 12U basketball team win its division in the Nutmeg State Games in New Britain this past...

Regional Champs! — Inferno Claims Another Title The Newtown Inferno, the Cal Ripken 46/60 11-year-old baseball team, followed up its state championship with a New England Regional Tournament title in East Falmouth, Mass. on August 12. Ne...