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All-Around Great Gymnast Sandy Hook’s Jackie Sgobbo recently competed in the Connecticut State Gymnastics Competition at Next Dimension Gymnastics in Trumbull, and earned the 12-year-old division championship. Sgobbo, a seventh-grad...

Prevention Council Discusses Mission Statement By Eliza Hallabeck Rounding up its 2010-11 season, the Newtown Prevention Council discussed a possible mission statement during its last meeting until September on Thursday, May 19. Leading the group di...

A Brush With Death— Newtown Native To Share ‘What I Learned’ By Nancy K. Crevier Despite the title, What I Learned When I Almost Died, “This is not the kind of book to pick up if you want to change you...

Newtown High Tennis Teams Knocked Out Of Tournaments By Andy Hutchison Newtown High School’s boys’ and girls’ tennis squads were eliminated from South-West Conference Tournament team title contention on May 24. Ind...

Keeping The Meeting House Beautiful To the Editor: The Board of Trustees of the Heritage Preservation Trust of Newtown, Inc, which administers the Newtown Meeting House, wishes to publicly thank the Horticulture Club of Newtown for its continued supp...

Garden Tour In Monroe MONROE — Monroe Historical Society is planning a tour of five beautiful gardens on Saturday, June 11, from 1 to 5 pm (rain date June 12). Each garden is unique and will provide visitors with great ideas to personaliz...

Who Is The Next Beautiful Baby? Candidates are now being sought for the 2011 Beautiful Baby Contest. This is not a live pageant, but a competition where the public is invited to vote for their favorite baby picture from a collection of submitted phot...

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...

NMS Third Quarter Honor Roll Newtown Middle School recently released its honor roll for the third marking period of the 2010-2011 school year. The following seventh and eighth grade students earned their place on the list.   Eighth Gr...

Lutheran Church Planning For Vacation Bible School MONROE — Area children between the ages of 4 and 14 are invited to 2011 Vacation Bible School at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. This year’s VBS will be the week of August 1â&#...