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* * * At a press conference October 31, First Selectman Jack Rosenthal announced that the town finished the 1984-85 fiscal year with a record audited surplus of $984,809. Mr Rosenthal said it will be up to the Legislative Council to d...

MaryEllen Harris ‘ Moona ’ MaryEllen Bjorklund  Chemero Harris of Newtown died suddenly on October 21 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She had been doing one of her favorite things (taking care of dogs with her stepdaug...

The Sane Thing To Do To the Editor: The great philosophical question to determine whether someone is an optimist or pessimist is to show the person a glass of water. If they describe it as half full, they are an optimist. A response of half empty is ...

CWU Celebration Will Look At ‘The Beloved Community’ On Friday, November 5, World Community Day will be celebrated at Newtown Congregational Church. The program, which is being organized and will be presented by the local unit...

To the Editor: He may be my dad and some may say I’m biased, but I couldn’t think of a better person to represent Newtown than George Ferguson. Since our family’s move here in 2002, he has embraced the history, the...

Knights Baseball Results Newtown Knight 16U/15U Fall Baseball highlights are as follows: Knights 4, Watertown 3: Newtown’s Austin Ekstrom pitched magnificently, coming within two outs of pitching a no-hit game Saturday at Fairfield Hi...

NHS Art Selected For ‘Experience Clay’ By Eliza Hallabeck After participating in the K–12 National Ceramic Exhibition in 2009, Newtown High School teacher Carol Pelligra was approached by Maureen Mackey about submi...

Newtown Racers Shine in Kart Club Season The Kopcik, Latte, and Danuszar families, all of Newtown, were well-represented in this past season’s Nutmeg Kart Club racing season. The campaign, which ended earlier this month, was highlighted b...

Children ’ s Programs *Science Fun: Educator Bonnie Shugrue will conduct an “Icky Science” workshop on Thursday, October 21, at 4 pm. Ages 7-10 will have the opportunity to make and play with gooey mixtu...

Letters Of Endorsement To the Editor: We need to elect Tim Holian probate judge for Newtown, Ridgefield, Bethel, and Redding because he will be there full-time, not like his opponent, who intends to continue practicing law. So often, one needs the se...