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Help Support NHS Ice Hockey To the Editor: “I didn’t know the high school even has a hockey team.” Unfortunately, we hear that phrase often. Indeed, our high school has a hockey team, and it celebrates its tenth a...

Hook & Ladder— Firehouse Proposal Promoted, But Opposition Remains By Andrew Gorosko At a November 10 Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) public hearing, representatives of Newtown Hook & Ladder Company, Inc, #1, explained that the voluntee...

Memoriam Virginia Lathrop November 23, 1914 to November 7, 2009 We miss you dearly, Aunt Gin. Love forever, Barbie and Ali

‘Jane Doe No More’ Founder To Speak In Southbury SOUTHBURY — On Tuesday, November 16, at 7 pm, The Federation, Jewish Communities of Western Connecticut, Inc, 444 Main Street North, will host Donna Palomba, founde...

* * * Traffic through Newtown — both on I-84 and on town roads — was slowed to a standstill early in the morning November 14, after the operator of an eastbound truck, loaded with explosives, lost control of th...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY November 12, Dillon Diaspro, Age 7 November 13, Ashley Reed, Age 7 November 13, Jack Wallen, Age 9 November 15, Ava Marik Cash, Age 5 Deadline for the November 19 issue is Tuesday, November 16, at 4 pm. To incl...

Tattoos: They Are Forever Yours By Kendra Bobowick Tattoo: a marking made by inserting indelible ink into the skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. “It’s meant to be rebellious and different,”...

A Happy Howl-O-Ween For Newtown’s Pets By Kendra Bobowick Wind tugged at witches’ hats, superheroes’ capes, and often dislodged funny decorations strapped to the heads of pets during the recent Howl-O-Ween fundrais...

Field Notes— Taking Leave Of The Light By Curtiss Clark For the past six weeks the northern hemisphere has been leaning sharply away from the sun in the earth’s swaying circle dance around its favorite star, pushing skirts of...

Democratic Or Autocratic? To the Editor: Newtowners applauded the decision by the selectmen to appoint a Fairfield Hills Review Committee that would gather creditable data to support or deny portions of the so-called master plan for Fairfield Hills....