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Chamber Wine Tasting At McLaughlin Vineyards June 2 The Chamber of Commerce of Newtown will be hosting its Annual Wine Tasting networking event on Thursday, June 2, from 5:30 to 8 pm, at McLaughlin Vineyards, 14 Alberts Hill Road in Sandy Hook. Membe...

Loveable Leo To the Editor: Just a note to let people know that last Friday I adopted Leo, the “pitbull” who has been at the Newtown pound for a year now. Leo is quite a character, very sweet and obedient, and so cute I canâ&...

A Gratifying Response To the Editor: As chairperson of this year’s Newtown Junior Women’s Club Spring Flower Sale, I’d like to thank everyone who came to support our fundraising effort on Mother’s Day w...

Coffee & Donuts For Travelers, All Weekend Boy Scout Troop 370 will operate its Memorial Day Coffee Stop, a tradition more than a quarter of a century old, this weekend. Travelers will find troop members at the corner of Church Hill Road and Edmond ...

Theater Review— A Truly Great ‘Trailer Park’ At TheatreWorks New Milford By Julie Stern NEW MILFORD — Oh is this one ever a winner, folks! TheatreWorks New Milford generally does a great job with their ...

Fixated On Niceness To the Editor: There was a recent letter about “Growing Vitriol In Newtown” [Letter Hive, 5/20/11]. It described an attitude of negativity and unkindness that has “crept into” Newtow...

Overstock.com Pulls Out Of Conn. HARTFORD (AP) — Online discount retailer Overstock.com Inc says it has canceled ad contracts with Connecticut affiliates rather than collect the state’s sales tax recently extended to online sa...

A Great Day For Dogs To the Editor: Our second annual Strutt Your Mutt! dog walk, fundraiser was a huge success. The day was a collective effort of dog friendly vendors, professionals, and volunteers who were responsible for so many smiles and frien...

Join The Trails Day Hike— Explore Newtown’s Hidden Brooks And Meadows  By Kendra Bobowick I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one...

Doris Louise McNeill Devoted Mother And Grandmother Doris Louise McNeill, 85, of Sandy Hook, died May 21. Daughter of the late Berger and Gertrude McKinsey Benson, she was born February 26, 1926, in Kane, Penn. She married John Donald McNeill, w...