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Academic Tests Scores Show Few Variations By Eliza Hallabeck Overall, Newtown High School Principal Charles Dumais told the Board of Education at its meeting on Tuesday, September 14, test results on the American College Testing (ACT), Scholastic Ap...

American String Quartet To Open Friends Of Music Season Sunday Newtown Friends of Music will welcome American String Quartet as the opening performers for NFoM’s 33rd season on Sunday, September 19, at 3 pm. The performance will be in th...

Commentary— Privatizing Social Security Would Be A Trick, Not A Treat By Martha Burk Stores are already full of Halloween costumes and scary stuff for October 31. TV stations are gearing up for reruns of Nightmare on Elm Street and its ma...

Now On View *“Eclectica:” Please come enjoy the beautiful paintings and sculpture of Newtown resident Anne Marie Foran, on view in the library’s first floor meeting room until September 30. *Main Floor Exhibit: The...

Theater Review— An Unusual Simon Work With Perfect Timing At Ridgefield Theater Barn By Julie Stern RIDGEFIELD — Neil Simon’s  1971 work The Prisoner of Second Avenue is a play that doesn’t get produce...

Karen Schweikert &  Ryan Mangino Karen Diane Schweikert and Ryan Anthony Mangino were married on July 3 at Wickham Park in Manchester by Monsignor Robert Weiss of St Rose of Lima Parish. The bride is the daughter of Peggy and Walter Schwei...

State Gets $94 Million For Internet Access HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut is receiving $94 million in federal stimulus funding to extend high-speed, broadband Internet service to more of the state’s schools, libraries, and public...

Town Open Space— Traffic Authority Reviews Parking Near Taunton Lake By Andrew Gorosko Following discussion at a September 7 Police Commission session, panel members agreed to monitor whether vehicle parking on Taunton Lake Road, near t...

Many Helped The Career Center To the Editor: The Newtown High School Career Center would like to gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the following organizations and individuals: Aquarion Water Company, Butcher’s Best, Suzanne Ca...

Seniorless Spikers Seek Winning Ways By Andy Hutchison Coming off a season in which the Newtown High School girls’ volleyball team lost just two players to graduation, it is far from a so-called rebuilding or reloading year. But it also d...