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Second Round Of 2010 DARE Graduates Honored By Eliza Hallabeck The second group of students to graduate from the DARE program this year were honored during a ceremony at Reed Intermediate School on Tuesday, June 15. “The students have wor...

NEBA Playoff Highlights Playoff highlights from the New England Bounce About U10 softball team’s run to the championship are as follows: NEBA 5, Nuzzo Electric 2: NEBA entered the 10U playoffs seeded fourth in the five team division, ...

UConn Players Holding Clinic At NYA Former University of Connecticut basketball player Brittany Hunter is giving back to middle and high school girls’ basketball players by putting together a clinic that will run out of Newtown Youth Acad...

Feinstein Ninth Among Freshmen Newtown High School’s Jake Feinstein competed in the Freshman Mile at the New Balance Outdoor National High School Championships on in Greensboro, NC on June 17. Feinstein was among 24 of the nationâ€...

Home Run Derby Results The second annual 12-year-old Cal Ripken Home Run Derby was held at Glander Field on June 19. Griffin Davis was crowned the champion after defeating Stephen Brittin in the finals. Davis and Brittin battled through two overtime ...

Carnival Spins Its Magic Again By Kendra Bobowick The sticky aroma of cotton candy clung to the St Rose of Lima parish grounds where this year’s carnival rides’ lights flashed. Through June 26 at church grounds, 46 Church Hill...

School Board FOI Hearing Postponed By John Voket A Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission hearing involving the Newtown Board of Education in an appeal filed by school board Vice Chair Kathryn Fetchick, which was originally scheduled for Frida...

Lindsay Pramuka and Scott Morrow Announcement is made of the engagement between Lindsay Pramuka of Danbury, daughter of Catherine and Michael Pramuka of Newtown, to Scott Joseph Morrow, also of Danbury, son of Nan and James Morrow of Newtown. Th...

To the Editor: I couldn’t help but laugh when I read Mr O’Donnell’s letter [of endorsement] last week. He seems to want to hear more about Chris Lyddy’s voting record, so I figured I’d share...

We are so used to wincing every time the Legislature convenes for a vote, that a June 8 bipartisan and unanimous vote in both chambers came as a rare relief and a pleasant surprise. State representatives and senators overturned Governor M. Jodi Rellâ...