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Searching For Maiden Names  In Your Family Tree? On Wednesday, January 12, The Genealogy Club of Newtown will host a presentation by Ray Maki, titled “Searching for Maiden Names.” The program will start at 7 pm in the communi...

LUNCH MENU WEEK Of JANUARY 10 – 14     Newtown Elementary SCHOOLS   MONDAY, JANUARY 10 Chicken patty of a bun Mixed vegetables Fruit & veggie selection Milk   TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 French to...

Fairfield Hills Heads Into 2011 After A Year Of Changes, Slow Progress By Kendra Bobowick Passing another year undisturbed, many of the former state hospital buildings at Fairfield Hills remained vacant through 2010 while plans to either occupy or r...

*** The Silver Bridge over the Housatonic River on Connecticut Route 816, also known as Glen Road, is just one of the bridge rehabilitation projects included in Governor O’Neill’s $5.5 billion Infrastructure Renewal Program. T...

BAHA’I FAITH OF NEWTOWN Contact Margo Deselin 203-241-5525; WintonFarms@aol.com Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; discussions of social issues from a spiritual perspective. The meetings are held at various locations in N...

Saturday, January 8 Open House, 9–11 am, Wesley Learning Center, 92 Church Hill Road (adjacent to Newtown United Methodist Church), parents invited to visit classrooms and meet teachers of programs for ages 2–6; 203-426-6...

Newtowner Named Acting Education Commissioner HARTFORD — Deputy Education Commissioner George A. Coleman of Sandy Hook has been named Acting Commissioner of Education, effective January 6, by vote of the Connecticut State Board of Educat...

First Selectman Outlines Multipoint Agenda For The New Year By John Voket First Selectman Pat Llodra has resolved to move into 2011 with a four-point plan she hopes will lead to a successful year for both the town government and the community as a wh...

Acrylic Figure In A Landscape, January 12 At Meeting House At the next program hosted by the Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN), Beverly Branch will paint a figure in a landscape using acrylics The demonstration scheduled for Wednesday, Janu...

Police Panel Seeks 3.5 Percent Hike In Proposed Budget By Andrew Gorosko The Police Commission has endorsed seeking a $4.2 million police budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year, reflecting a 3.5 percent spending increase compared to the budget funding ap...