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Registrars Remind Voters About Primary Deadlines Newtown’s Democratic Registrar of Voters LeReine Frampton has issued a release detailing important dates and rules for those wishing to vote in the Democratic Primary in Newtown on August 1...

Research Links Pesticides With ADHD In Children By Carla K. Johnson CHICAGO, ILL. (AP) — A recent analysis of US health data links children’s attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and ve...

Occupation: I’m in sales at Down On Main Street, at 14 Church Hill Road. Family: My husband, Ken, and I live in Monroe. We have a son, Xander, who is currently in North Carolina in the Army Reserves at Fort Bragg. Our daughter, Sa...

Students Explore The Culture Of Africa By Anna Hodge Tucked in a Head O’ Meadow Elementary School classroom, kids in kindergarten through third grade learned this week about the culture of Africa through Newtown Continuing Educationâ&#x80...

Batchelder Tour Spurs Push For Federal Grant By Andrew Gorosko Following a tour of the contaminated, abandoned Batchelder property at 44 Swamp Road in Botsford, US Representative Christopher Murphy said this week that he will be pursuing $1 million i...

Employers Expected To See 2011 Medical Costs Jump By Tom Murphy INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (AP) — Companies that offer employee health insurance expect another steep jump in medical costs next year, and more will ask workers to share a bigger chu...

Currently On View Faith Gulick and John Renjilian from Newtown Historical Society have created two displays near the circulation desk with memorabilia that document Newtown’s growth during the 20th Century.  The items include the foundin...

Generals March Away With District Title Newtown Generals 14U baseball team won the District 4 Tournament in early July and will head back to State Tournament to defend their title in Waterford. Newtown defeated Pomperaug, New Milford, and Ridgefield,...

UConn Players Hold Camps At NYA Former University of Connecticut basketball player Brittany Hunter will hold clinics at Newtown Youth Academy Sports & Fitness this summer. The high school camp will run July 19-21, and the middle school camp will run ...

Motorcycle Accident About 8:07 am on July 12, motorcyclist Ravis Vandurme, 30, of Brighton, Mass., was riding a 2004 Harley-Davidson FLSTFI Fat Boy westward on Interstate 84, east of Exit 9, when traffic slowed, causing  Vandurme to fall to the...