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Pitching In On The Home Front By Kendra Bobowick Paige Fischer brushed the debris of hard work from her hands and talked about the projects she and roughly 28 other people from Trinity Episcopal Church had done Saturday, May 7. She noted the painting...

Do you have a grammatical pet peeve? What is it? Jane Gatenby: Probably mixing up “I” and “me.” Linda Uhde: The spelling of “surprise,” for some reason, has always haunted me. Li...

FDA Issues Warnings To Hand Sanitizer Makers WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Federal health regulators have issued warnings to four manufacturers of hand sanitizing products for making unsupported claims about the bacteria-fighting benefits of th...

Single Stream Recycling Comes To Newtown July 1 A “significant change” will take place at Newtown’s transfer station on July 1, said First Selectman Pat Llodra. On the first day of July, Newtown will begin its sin...

Third Annual Stony Hill Amber Alert Event Promises Free Fun For All The merchants and organizations participating in the fourth annual Free AMBER Alert Registration May 21 are counting on the event to be a fun family outing. Activities this year cent...

Israeli Teen Musicians To Perform Twice In Danbury DANBURY — The Jewish Federation of Greater Danbury is sponsoring a visit from seven teenage musicians of the Yizreel Music Center Delegation in Afula, Israel. The group will give two pub...

Laxmen’s Win Streak Hits Double Digits Newtown High School’s boys’ lacrosse team improved to 11-0 to begin the campaign, following a 9-5 victory over Joel Barlow of Redding on May 5 and a 19-0 blanking of Notre Dam...

Lake Officials Take Action Against Zebra Mussel The recent discovery of the invasive zebra mussel in Lakes Zoar and Lillinonah has prompted action to protect local waters. “This is on the front of our minds,” said Candlewood L...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter. —James Earl Jones Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment. —Learned Hand Words ought to be a little w...

Better Competition For NHS Girls’ Lacrosse— Outcomes Remain The Same — For Now — But Changes Could Be On The Way By Andy Hutchison REDDING — In the end, it was the same old familiar, all too...