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State To Buy More Trains HARTFORD (AP) – Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says Connecticut will buy 25 more commuter rail cars for the heavily used New Haven line into New York City. Malloy said Tuesday that the 25 cars will cost about $93 million a...

Town Opens ‘Cooling Center’ As State Agencies Post Heat-Related Warnings By John Voket First Selectman Pat Llodra, Newtown’s Emergency Management Director Bill Halstead, and the Newtown Health District have activat...

Concordia Society Motorcycle Ride Benefits Ann’s Place DANBURY —The Concordia Society will be hosting it’s 3rd Charity Poker Run on Sunday, August 14. Proceeds from the event will go directly to Ann’s P...

First Parade Grand Marshal To Head 50th Anniversary Parade By Nancy K. Crevier The 50th anniversary of the Newtown Labor Day Parade is also the 50th anniversary of participation for Lee Glover — minus one year, when he watched the parade ...

Van Hit Police report that an unknown motorist who was making a left turn from westbound Church Hill Road onto southbound Main Street about 12:15 pm on July 13, struck the left rear corner of a parked unoccupied commercial 2010 Ford E-250 van, w...

Children’s Programs The following programs are all being offered during the week of July 25-29 at the library:  *Crafts Around the World: Mondays, drop in between 1 and 3, until August 8, for ages 4-9 (and their parents), on July 25 we ...

Were School Officials Listening? To the Editor: I learn more when I sit and listen than when I stand and speak. At the July 12 Board of Education meeting I learned a lot. During public participation segment of the meeting, Newtown’s two s...

Resident, EMS Responders All Smiles A Week After Near Fatal Yellowjacket Attack By John Voket Billy Ross was having a good day Friday, July 15. He was able to close up his Bethel auto shop early, thinking he might actually have time to cut his lawn ...

Softball Team Wins State Title, Heads To Regionals The Newtown Hawks U12 Softball team played seven games and came out of the loser bracket to win the Babe Ruth Softball State Championship in Cheshire in mid July. The win sends the Hawks to Pittsfiel...

Matthew & Kathryn Benson Former Newtown resident Kathryn Lynne Daugherty married Matthew Joseph Benson of Sandy Hook on May 1, 2011. Kathryn, the daughter of Bonnie and John Daugherty of Newtown, was given into marriage by her father. Pastor Ti...