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To the Editor: The Connecticut Probate System is undergoing changes that will result in the consolidation of several towns into one regional probate office. Ridgefield, Redding, Bethel, and Newtown will all become one district. This means that one j...

Doggone Etiquette — Summer Games By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog:            As a puppy, you played games — catch-me-if-you-can, or wrestling — with other puppies in your litter, and no doubt yo...

* * * Just over a month after being ordered to shut down, the Hawley Manor Inn scored an 89 on a second health inspection and the town dropped its charge to close the restaurant. A score of 80 or above is required for a restaurant to ...

Blood Drive Planned The American Red Cross will be in Newtown this weekend for a blood drive. On Saturday, August 7, the gathering hall of St Rose School, 40 Church Hill Road, will host the event from 8 am until 12:45 pm. Those hoping to donate blood...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY August 4, Max Hubner, Age 8 August 7, Brendan Patrick Smith, Age 9 August 8, Amanda Conrod, Age 8 August 11, Hallie Keeler, Age 8 August 14, Paul Genna, Age 5 Deadline for the August 13 issue is Tuesday, A...

Bethel Mosquitoes Positive For West Nile HARTFORD — The State Mosquito Management Program announced this week that mosquitoes trapped in Bethel, Bridgeport, Meriden, Norwalk, and Orange from July 22 to 27 have tested positive for West Nil...

Who Makes Best Wedding Cake? DANBURY — This summer the Danbury Museum and Historical Society is offering a special exhibition of items from its permanent collection of 19th and 20th Century wedding dresses. The exhibit is on view in the ...

Photographic Exhibition To Celebrate The Relationships Of Text, Image, Nostalgia & History C.M. Chapman has created a unique collection of fine art photography. His body of work has earned two juror’s awards and has been shown in over a d...

Landscape Painting Demo By Ivers At Next SCAN Program The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will have Christine Ivers of Meriden demonstrating in pastel on Wednesday, August 11, at 7:30 pm. Her subject will be a landscape. Non-members are we...

Traffic Tie-ups Not So Sweet— Flipped Truck Spills Chocolate Onto Interstate 84 By Andrew Gorosko SOUTHBURY — A tractor-trailer truck driver who lost control of his fully-loaded vehicle Monday morning, while driving eastward ...