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Newtown Hikers have finished planning their weekly hiking events for the winter season. The group hosts hikes each Saturday morning around the region. Anyone interested in joining a hike should be in the lower parking lot of Edmond Town Hall, 45 Mai...

Head O’ Meadow First Graders Celebrate Measuring By Eliza Hallabeck The three first grade classrooms at Head O’ Meadow Elementary School were busy on Friday, December 10, measuring. The first graders learned about area by mea...

Connecticut-Grown Poinsettias Generate $16 Million In Ag Commerce Second only to the Christmas tree, poinsettias are the plants of this holiday season — and contrary to a common myth, they are not poisonous. This year, Connecticut greenho...

Junior Riders Experience Hunter Pace At Sunny Brook Sunny Brook Farm recently finished the season with its second annual Junior Hunter Pace. This pace has been set up for young horseback riders to learn all of the skills needed to ride outside of th...

Doggone Etiquette — The Wish List By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog:            Have you finished your Santa Claus Wish List yet? That may be a silly question because by now you have probably come up a bunch of lists, wi...

Woodbury Ballet’s Nutcracker at the Palace provides local dancers an opportunity to perform in a professional level production at the beautiful and resplendent Palace Theater in Waterbury. By merging youth and professionals, the company w...

 Cat And Kitten Adoption On Saturday, December 18, from 11 am to 2 pm, The Animal Center of Newtown will be at Your Healthy Pet, 224 South Main Street, for a cat/kitten adoption. Visi www.theanimalcenter.org to view available cats and kittens or C...

Newtown’s Skate Park Officially Open By Eliza Hallabeck When First Selectman Pat Llodra, Parks and Recreation Director Amy Mangold, and Doris Dickinson, wife of the late first selectman Fenn Dickinson for whom Dickinson Memorial Park is n...

For police reports Road Rage Newtown police said they investigated a report of a road rage incident that allegedly occurred in Newtown, Bethel, and Danbury on November 27. After learning that police held a warrant for his arrest, motorist Kurt C...