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NHS Golfers Win Three More Matches Newtown High School’s golf team defeated Masuk, Immaculate, and Pomperaug this past week to improve to 10-1 in South-West Conference play and 11-4 overall. Newtown defeated Masuk 175-179 May 19 at Whitn...

Memorial Day Memorial Day weekend is when we try to reconcile our dual deep-seated appreciations of leisure time and wartime sacrifice. On the surface, it seems like a stretch to combine great food from the grill, flip-flops, and SPF 30 with some of ...

Newtown Prevention Council Conducts Last Meeting Until Fall By Eliza Hallabeck In celebration of her last 50 minutes of being a co-chair for the Newtown Prevention Council, Beth Agen shared cupcakes from Mocha Coffeehouse with fellow council members ...

There are people so addicted to exaggeration they can’t tell the truth without lying.       —Josh Billings To exaggerate is to weaken.                 —Jean François de La Harpe If you add to t...

Junior/Senior Project Course Wraps Up With Student Presentations By Eliza Hallabeck Newtown High School juniors and seniors have the option to take a course that partners them with a mentor and asks them to create a project. On Monday, May 24, stude...

* * * The welcome patter of rain early this week has allayed fears that this area would be seriously affected by drought. Dr Mel Goldstein of the Western Connecticut State University Weather Center, said that rain falling early this w...

Blumenthal And Vietnam To the Editor: Vietnam War Veterans who would otherwise vote for Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for US Senate based on his apparent impeccable record in Connecticut are placed in a difficult position. Mr Blumenthal claims ...

Hayward Hills Lane George and Nicole Kissiak purchased 1 Hayward Hills Lane in Brookfield from Tom and Sharon McCallum Susan Corleto of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty sod the property in cooperation with the listing agen...

Holiday Closings All town offices will be closed on Monday, May 31, in honor of Memorial Day. There will be no curbside recycling pickup on Monday, and the schedule for the remainder of the week will be delayed by 24 hours (if your pickup is usually ...