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It took just 30 seconds for someone to snap up the historic whaling journal at the book sale on Saturday morning, said Friends of the C.H. Booth Library President Mary Maki. The journal was donated this winter, and volunteer Pete Stern immediately re...

Lightning Nips Torrington 9-8 The Newtown Lightning 18U Senior Babe Ruth Baseball team edged Torrington 9-8 in a battle at Newtown High School this past week. The Lightning moved into first place in the Connecticut Senior Baseball League’...

Hope Margaret Venezia Erica and Bill Venezia of Newtown announce the birth of a daughter, Hope Margaret Venezia, born June 21, at Danbury Hospital. Hope was 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth, and was 20¼ inches in length. Hope was predeceased by a s...

Murphy’s Light Bulb Vote To the Editor: Well, the infamous Chris Murphy has done it again, followed the party line and citizens and voters  be damned. What am I talking about? HR 2417 —– the overturn of the light...

Theater Review — ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Mature Entertainment At Richter By Julie Stern DANBURY — So what happens if you mix The Three Penny Opera, Le Mis, Dickensian London and Freddy Kruger? You get...

All State Players Honored Newtown High School was represented by eight First-Team All State athletes following their strong performances this past spring season. Newtown’s All State honorees from the spring and winter campaigns are as fol...

State Probe Into Boat Crash Continues By Andrew Gorosko A spokeswoman for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), which is investigating the cause of a serious late night boating accident on Lake Zoar on July 5, said this ...

Datin Helps Fairfield County Football Team To Victory Newtown High School graduate and former football player Matt Datin helped Fairfield County defeat New Haven County in the annual all star game, July 9 in West Haven. Datin played left offensive ta...

DUI Arrest After receiving a complaint about erratic driving at about 9:20 pm on July 5, police said they stopped motorist Stuart Hubbard, 49, of 55 Currituck Road near 83 South Main Street to investigate. After their probe, police said they cha...

Newtown 9s Top Southbury For District Title The Newtown Lightning 9 year old travel baseball team defeated Southbury 15-6 to win the Cal Ripken District 5 title on July 10. The Lightning struck for nine runs in the second inning, all coming with two ...