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A Newtown/Danbury Student Exchange             By Sarah Walton Nearly 50 Newtown High School students participated in a student exchange with Danbury High School on October 19 and October 21. During these exchanges, students shadowed each ...

School Board Discusses Reed Schedule, Full-Day Kindergarten By Eliza Hallabeck Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson briefed the Board of Education on an update to recently voiced parent concerns regarding Reed Intermediate School’s sc...

DUI Incident Police report that at about 1:15 am on October 30, they found a 1993 Jeep Cherokee SUV facing eastward in a ditch while off the westbound road shoulder, near 87 Riverside Road. Police said that motorist Thomas Murphy, 52, of 51 Laur...

Trail Is Much Better Without The Trash To the Editor: A few months ago I sent Pat Llodra an e-mail asking if she was aware of the garbage that was piled high in a parking area off of Swamp Road. We traded e-mails about the issue and she told me she ...

Grateful For The Love And Respect To the Editor: We just want to say “Thank You!” to everyone and anyone who has thought about Glenn Atkinson, prayed for him, or shown support to us in this difficult time. Thanks especially t...

Running The Good Race To the Editor: Congratulations to Chris Lyddy and DebraLee Hovey on their reelection to the Connecticut House of Representatives. It was my pleasure to be able to participate in this year’s election. I ran because I...

Hut, Hut … Highlights From The Grid Iron Youth football results from this past weekend are as follows: 79ers 79ers Blue 19, Norwalk Colts 13: Excited about their last game of the season the Newtown 79ers Blue team marched on the field...

November Comedy Shifts To Saturday Nights, Plus Gottfried In Derby Treehouse Comedy is once again providing live comedy to Danbury area residents. With a successful opening and three great shows under its at its newest location — Three Oa...

Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Hallucinogenic Drug Charge By Andrew Gorosko BRIDGEPORT — A Texas man has pleaded guilty in Bridgeport Superior Court to one count of distributing a hallucinogenic substance, an offense with which he was charge...

Frederick Charles Lingenfelser “ Final Flight West ” Frederick Charles Lingenfelser, 82, a former resident of Newtown who was active in establishing the FISH organization, died peacefully at home in Port Orange, Fl...