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Budget Passes On Third Round, Council Lowers Projected Mill Rate Further By John Voket & Kendra Bobowick Local voters passed a third round budget vote on Tuesday, June 8, by 271 votes. The next evening, members of the Legislative Council found a way ...

Commentary— Safe Food, From Soil to Plate By Amanda Hitt E. coli-laden romaine lettuce recently sickened dozens of Americans in five states, as a food-related listeria outbreak killed at least two Texans. These were just the latest in a s...

Ladies Wednesday Night Scramble Winners First: Kathy Fetchick, Lisa LeBlanc, and Lynn Casasanta Saturday Closest to the Pin Winners First Closest: Peter Wallace 5-10 Second Closest: Frank Colavito 7-4 Sunday Closest to the Pin Winners First...

Kentucky Man Raising Diabetes Awareness — ‘He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands’ By Nancy K. Crevier Newtown residents were surprised on Monday, June 7, to see a 6-foot canvas ball decorated to look li...

Newtown Sluggers Edged In State Quarterfinals By Andy Hutchison Newtown High School’s baseball team kept swinging — all the way into extra innings of the Class LL State Tournament quarterfinals. The Nighthawks saw their season...

A Fresh Face For The Flagpole By Nancy K. Crevier Father and sons restoration team Robert, Paul, and Moe Bastiaanse of Valley Restoration in Torrington spent most of the breezy and sunny Monday, June 7, shinnying up and down the flagpole in the cente...

Two Violations Late on the night of May 29, police stopped motorist Luis Rodriguez, 23, of Bridgeport near 76 South Main Street after noticing that the vehicle he was driving had a taillamp that was not illuminated. After investigating, police c...

Care & Compassion Shows In Commitment To Meeting House To the Editor: The Board of Trustees of the Heritage Preservation Trust of Newtown, Inc — which administers the Newtown Meeting House — wishes to publicly thank the Horti...

Business Community Thanked At Luncheon By Nancy K. Crevier Members of the Newtown and Danbury business communities, and three Newtown High School student guests, feasted on mini croissants stuffed with chicken salad, orzo salad, grilled sandwiches fi...

Tennis For All Ages Newtown Parks & Recreation offers outdoor tennis programs for Tiny Tots, Juniors, and adults on the new tennis courts at Dickinson Park. There are 8 week-long sessions for Tiny Tots and Juniors beginning Monday, June 21.  All ses...