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A Reasonable Compromise To the Editor: I fervently hope that this budget will pass, and I will be voting Yes on Tuesday. I hope you will too! I think this budget will pass if we have a large voter turnout. I believe this to be true because this addit...

Chaplaincy At The Lutheran Home Of Southbury: Recreation And Re-Creation By The Reverend Leo McIlrath When I was a young man growing up in Danbury, I was told, both by family and parochial school teachers, that it wasn’t right to go into ...

Old State House Awarded Grant For Summertime Lecture Series HARTFORD — Continuing its mission to inspire civic engagement and involvement in the Constitution State, Connecticut’s Old State House will host an election year-ins...

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

Council Endorses Middle School Roof Funding, Takes Action On United Water By John Voket The Legislative Council handled a number of administrative matters at its regular meeting June 2, including approving a bonding initiative to underwrite the cost...

Budget Deserves Support To the Editor: The Independent Party Newtown held its regularly scheduled meeting on May 25 and unanimously endorsed the following statement: “The majority of our elected Legislative Council representatives from al...

Why Is ‘No’ Difficult To Understand? To the Editor: What is there about No that our town officials don’t understand? The budget has been voted down. That means No. Granted, some are trying to “spinâ&#x...

What’s Best For The Town To the Editor: I am writing in support of the current proposed town budget for the June 8 referendum vote. Beginning in January, I started to attend almost all of the BOE and major LC meetings in an effort to unde...

Tick Committee Talks About Deer Management Options By Kendra Bobowick “We left off on page 19 under the heading Deer Management, where we get into hunting …” said Tick Borne-Disease Action Committee member Mark Alexande...

O’Connell Shoots Best Score; Hawk Golfers Second In SWC Newtown High School golfer Kevin O’Connell shot a tournament-best 75 to help the Nighthawks finish runner-up in the South-West Conference Championships at Ridgewood Count...