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Published: Dec 08, 2023 at 07:00 AM
Norah Kolb has always had an affinity to competing in the water. A longtime swimmer and former Newtown High School standout, Kolb continues to make quite a splash at the collegiate level.
But it is not what you would have guessed. Kolb, this fall, ha...
Updated: Dec 09, 2023 at 07:31 PM
UPDATE (Saturday, December 9, 2023): Due to expected inclement weather, tomorrow night's tree lighting has been canceled.
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Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company will host its 13th Annual Tree Lighting on Sunday, December 10, from 5:...
Published: Dec 08, 2023 at 06:55 AM
Bob Zito, former Newtown High School state champion football coach, and athletic director at NHS, this fall was chosen to be inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Zito will be honored in the spring.
Zito led Newt...
Published: Dec 08, 2023 at 06:50 AM
Defense predicating offense has been the name of the game for Coach Jeremy O’Connell’s girls’ basketball teams at Newtown High School year after year.
This remains the case for the 2023-24 campaign, but with a wrinkle. The implementation of a shot cl...
Published: Dec 08, 2023 at 12:00 AM
EAST HADDAM — Dreamgirls, the 1981 Tom Eyen and Henry Krieger musical about a fictionalized 60s pop girl group, is a musical that very rarely sees a revival. Most likely due to the powerhouse vocals needed to pull it off.
Goodspeed Opera House’s curr...
Published: Dec 07, 2023 at 04:05 PM
Every journey is different. Two people can follow the same path, but their footsteps will not fall on the same ground. Following someone’s footsteps still means the soles of your feet will never touch the same pieces of dirt or grains of sand as the ...
Published: Dec 07, 2023 at 04:00 PM
Readers and residents had two very unsettling events take place last week.
First, there was a security concern at one of the schools during the morning of November 30.
Second, in the immediate aftermath of what happened, this newspaper was taken to t...
Published: Dec 07, 2023 at 03:20 PM
To the Editor:
There is a dangerous intersection created from the new traffic patterns at exit 11.
Cars traveling from Route 34 and heading to 84 Westbound intersect with cars from Wasserman Way heading to 84 Eastbound. Great care must be taken by bo...
Published: Dec 07, 2023 at 03:15 PM
To the Editor:
The Newtown Choral Society presented their winter concert “Songs of the Holiday Season” to an enthusiastic crowd on Sunday, December 3 at The Meeting House.
Our director, Mary Andreotta, led us in a program that drew music from Africa,...
Published: Dec 07, 2023 at 03:10 PM
To the Editor:
Thank you, Newtown! With your generous donations, FAITH was able to provide a record 110 full Thanksgiving meals. Every family received a turkey or ham, all the trimmings, dinner rolls, fresh fruit, plus a pie for dessert!
We could not...
