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John R. Farkas Beloved By Those Who Knew Him John R. Farkas of Webster, N.Y., formerly of Bridgeport, died suddenly July 7, in Rochester, N.Y. He was born December 6, 1932, to Marion T. Sholtes Farkas and John Farkas. Mr Farkas is survived by ...

Lawmakers Urge Review Of Actual Horse Guard Costs By John Voket Newtown’s two State Representatives Chris Lyddy and DebraLee Hovey planned to meet with Major General Thaddeus J. Martin, adjutant general for the Connecticut National Guard,...

Ellen Klaus was on the line as soon as it opened last Friday afternoon to proudly tell us that the windmill offered as last week’s challenge (inset) could be found in the front yard of her home on Brassie Drive. The piece had been built b...

Doggone Etiquette — Games People Play By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog: People are strange about their games. They often get annoyed with you dogs when all you want to do is to join in the fun they’re having. Like when...

Former Newtown resident John Lorenzo celebrated his 81st birthday, July 16, waterskiing on Lake Lillinonah. He suggests a subtitle for his photo of “How To Become A Wounded Warrior,” because the Korean veteran ended up not so ...

The O-O Transportation System: It’s Not Broken To the Editor: On July 13, the Republican Town Committee unanimously voted to support retaining the current owner-operator (O-O) school-transportation system. For eight decades, school child...

Theater Review— ‘Supporting Cast’ Filled With Great Actors, Super Set By Julie Stern SHERMAN — The late George Furth, a peripatetic actor in many Hollywood films including Shampoo and Blazing Saddles, w...

Summer Food Festival, Dinner WASHINGTON — St John’s Episcopal Church, at 78 Green Hill Road in Washington, will host a summer food festival on Saturday, August 13, from 11 am to 4 pm. Booths will feature locally raised meats,...

Quite A Golfing Statement — Bill Darrin Has Teed Off In All 50 States By Andy Hutchison Fifty states up — 50 states down. The effort started back in 1957 when Bill Darrin, then 12 years old, first picked up a golf club during...

DUI Incident Police report that while on patrol about 9:43 pm on July 26, they spotted motorist Bryan Barrington, 44, of West Haven driving a pickup truck fast northward near 16 Main Street, so they stopped him to investigate. Police said they c...