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The Town’s 2024-25 proposed budget is in its final stretch, as the Legislative Council began its review at a meeting on March 13. The council’s review marks the last round of reviews of the budget by town boards before going before the public for a v...

UPDATE (April 8, 2024): This article has been updated to provide the correct phone number for the HRRA. ***** Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority (HRRA) Executive Director Jennifer Heaton-Jones talked to Newtown residents about recycling, wa...

Motorists can expect lane closures on the I-84 West Exit 9 ramps during the overnight of Tuesday, March 26, into Wednesday, March 27. The closures will allow work to continue on the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Wrong Way Driver Co...

L. Joseph "Joe" Holub Jr, of St. George, Maine, died peacefully surrounded by his family on January 26, 2024, after a brief battle with cancer. Joe was born on April 30, 1945, in Queens, New York, to Lewis J. Holub and Jeanne Whelan Holub. A fascinat...

Arlene Coffin O’Brien, age 82, of Newtown, beloved wife of the late Robert W. O’Brien, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at Danbury Hospital. Arlene was born in Stratford on November 6, 1941, daughter of the late Harland H. and Helene Leopold Coffin...

Hit Mailbox, Tree Newtown Police report Abigail Emslie, 23, of Bethel, operating a 2023 Dodge Challenger, was traveling north on Hattertown Road at 1:32 am March 9. While negotiating a left curve in the roadway, Emslie attempted to avoid an anim...

HARTFORD — On March 18, State Representatives Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) and Martin Foncello (R-107) hailed the decision by the Education Committee leadership to strike two controversial sections in a bill that would have reduced the number of student cr...

Wednesday, March 13: 9:39 am, fire alarm, 21 Old Farm Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 12:36 pm, fire alarm, 12 Turnberry Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 4:34 pm, fire alarm, 5 Sugarloaf Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook respond...

Whether a football Friday on a chilly night — home or away — a basketball game in the gym, a big playoff game somewhere far away, or any number of other Newtown High School sporting events the Nighthawk fans are sure to be there supporting their peer...

Victoria “Vicki” Scalora, a resident at assisted living and memory care community The Commons of Newtown, commemorated turning 102 with a birthday party full of food, drinks, and dancing at the facility on Friday, March 8. Family, friends, and staff ...