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Recommendations Of Potential Charter Revision Commissioners Expected Monday By John Voket By Monday, August 16, a subcommittee of the Legislative Council is hoping to recommend “a hardworking” panel of volunteers who will serv...

Yale Laboratory Comes Down At Fairfield Hills By Kendra Bobowick Laboring to bite off hunks of brickwork and roofing tiles, a backhoe’s jaws widened then clamped onto portions of Yale Laboratory in Fairfield Hills, ripping down the former...

*OLD SCHOOL will be at playing Proud Mary’s on Friday, August 13. Lou and Tony plan to be performing from 8 to 11 pm at 19 Main Street, in the lounge below The Inn at Newtown. *Redding resident David Kaye has begun a weekly night of blueg...

Newtown Youth Academy Adult Flag Football Highlights The boys from Nutmeg Wine & Spirit in Southbury recently won the first Turf Bowl at The Newtown Youth Academy. The Monday Night Adult Flag Football had five teams in the recently-completed inaugura...

James Edward McKenzie A Joyous Spirit James Edward McKenzie, 51, died suddenly in his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, August 8. Born in New Milford on March 13, 1959, he was the beloved son of Rosemarie and Edward McKenzie of Danbury. He will be sadl...

Labor Day Parade Committee Tries New Funding Strategy By Nancy K. Crevier Originally, the parade committee counted on the donations of Newtown residents to fund the annual Labor Day Parade, said parade president Beth Caldwell, Monday, August 9, but ...

Newtown Support Groups Friday, August 13        AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.   Saturday, August 14       Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (Monsi...

Experts Say Prevent The ‘Freshmen 15,’ Protect Against Cancer WASHINGTON, D.C. — The everyday choices kids make when they go away to college establish the patterns they will follow for the rest of their lives, expe...

Monday, August 16 Blood pressure screenings, 10 am–noon, Masonicare at Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free screenings by licensed nurse, no appointment needed; 203-426-5847. Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Pri...

Protecting Our Forests Late last week, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that it had completed Connecticut’s first Forest Resource Assessment and Strategy. Authorized by the federal Food, Conservation, and E...