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Bombers Beat Gold Rush In Title Game The Newtown 8-year-old Blue Bombers edged out the Newtown Gold Rush, 16-12 in the championship game of the Friendship Tournament, hosted by the Beth-Wood Baseball League in Woodbridge, this past week. The Newtown ...

U12 Hawks Second In New England Regional Tournament The U12 Hawks softball team, recently crowned the Connecticut state champions, traveled to Pittsfield, Mass. July 22-24 to try and capture the title of New England regional champions. The Hawks, led...

Grateful For Don Bates’ Service To the Editor: While we are deeply saddened by the closing of the pharmacy at the Drug Center, we certainly understand Don Bates’ desire for a well deserved “semiretirement.â€&#...

A Loss Of Confidence To the Editor: I suggest we replace the “Cut, Cap and Balance” proposal with the “Cut the Crap and Balance the Budget Now” proposal. I do not want to fund wars abroad when our incom...

Snapshot Occupation: I am a teacher and the director at the Newtown Congregational Preschool, going on my 37th year. I believe that it is the oldest preschool still in existence in Newtown, going on 44 years. Family: My husband, Rich, and I h...

Izaak DeJong Always The Gentleman Izaak “Jack” DeJong, formerly of Middletown, N.J., died July 23, at the Newtown home of his son Leendert and daughter-in-law Maryellen, while under Hospice care. The love of his life, his...

Murphy Pushes US Embassies To Buy American WASHINGTON, DC — During a House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting this week on HR 2583, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for 2012, Congressman Chris Murphy successfully passed an amendmen...

The Civil War Revisited, August 13–14 At Three Rivers Park WOODBURY — Step back in time to the 1860s, hear the sounds of battle, the roar of cannons as Union and Confederate troops clash again. Building on two successful eve...

Nine Year Olds Battle In State Tourney The Newtown Lightning 9 year old baseball team played two hard-fought games in the Cal Ripken state tournament held in Bethel last weekend, but came up short both times. In the first round, the Lightning faced S...

Sherman Church To Host Vacation Bible School SHERMAN — “PandaMania” will be in Sherman, August 15–19, when the Sherman Church Bible School presents its annual summer outreach to children entering kinde...