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Orchid Society Potting Clinic Planned WOODBURY — On Saturday, June 11, The Connecticut Orchid Society will host a potting clinic at Sherman Village Plaza, 660 Main Street South. The public is invited to meet members of the society between...

Raymond D. Vecsey Retired City Of Bridgeport Water Plant Supervisor Raymond D. Vecsey, 83, of Newtown, died June 2, at Birmingham Health Center in Derby, after a brave fight with cancer. He was born in Bridgeport, to Ella (Wilson) and Louis Vec...

FFH Survey Results Favor Recreation, Economic Development By Kendra Bobowick Housing “didn’t fare well, generally speaking,” based on a preliminary look at the recent Fairfield Hills public survey results, said Mas...

Bus Bid Process Sparks Labor Complaint By John Voket As six commercial school transportation companies were meeting with Newtown school officials, who are soliciting bids to replace the local owner-operators bus system, those independent drivers were...

Helpful Suggestions To the Editor: The Town & Country Garden Club, in particular the members assigned to Island 3 (Glover Avenue and Route 25), would like to publicly thank Dan Holmes of Holmes Fine Gardens for his assistance last spring in the redes...

Smith, Fuori First Statewide In Competitive Curling Newtown High School freshman Grandon Smith and senior Austin Fuori were honored with their teammates for winning first place in the Connecticut High School Curling Championship at a season-ending ba...

Zoe Sophia Daoust Nicole Elena Daoust and Darryl Patrick Daoust of Bethel announce the birth of a daughter, Zoe Sophia Daoust, May 12, at Danbury Hospital. Zoe weighed 7 pounds, and was 19½ inches in length at birth. Several relatives, includin...

Scholarships Available The Newtown High School Career Center publicizes all scholarships of which it is notified. A few of the scholarships, typically national ones, request that money be enclosed with the application. The Career Center believes that...

Megan Gibbons Gibbons, a senior, played third base for the Newtown High School softball team. She has played the game for 12 years. Favorite part about playing: “I like the sense of accomplishment you get not only individually but as ...

Plan Interests Selectmen— Tech Firm Gets Support For Short-Term Tax Abatement By John Voket Thirty-year Newtown resident and co-founder of Advanced Fusion Systems (AFS) William Joyce said he is betting on a “seven for sevenâ&#...