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Published: Feb 02, 2024 at 04:00 PM
February 5, 1999
HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER OF Ellie Lewis.
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A 17-year-old Newtown resident was driving a 1993 Ford Aerostar minivan eastbound on Berkshire Road about 3:45 pm Tuesday when he lost control of the vehicle on the wet, slippery road...
Published: Feb 02, 2024 at 08:00 AM
Belated anniversary wishes to Newtown Lions Club. The 75th anniversary of the local Lions fell on January 22. While working on this week’s Way We Were, Managing Editor Shannon Hicks found a story in the January 28, 1949 issue of this newspaper that c...
Published: Feb 02, 2024 at 07:00 AM
The Board of Education convened January 30 for a meeting that turned into a lengthy consideration of the overall budget for Newtown Public Schools. The meeting served as the culmination for the extensive budget preparation process, which over the cou...
Published: Feb 02, 2024 at 07:00 AM
The Choose Love Movement has announced the Choose Love Awareness Month (CLAM) in February 2024. The Choose Love Movement teaches children essential life skills through its free character social emotional development programs.
Choose Love Awareness Mo...
Published: Feb 02, 2024 at 07:00 AM
DANBURY — The State Unit on Aging (SUA) is writing an updated strategic plan around services for aging people in Connecticut, with an emphasis on supports funded by the Older Americans Act.
To ensure the plan includes priorities important to resident...
Updated: Feb 05, 2024 at 03:48 PM
At its January 29 meeting, the Board of Selectmen approved a $48,834,506 proposed municipal budget, a $1,308,366 or 2.75 percent spending increase.
The town budget is expected to move on to the Board of Finance for its review, to be joined by the sch...
Published: Feb 02, 2024 at 06:55 AM
Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team put together three wins in six days to improve to 8-6 and qualify for state tournament play. The Nighthawks won 55-29 at Joel Barlow of Redding on January 29 to solidify their spot in the Division II bracke...
Published: Feb 02, 2024 at 06:50 AM
Newtown High School’s wrestling team went to Bethel and shut out the Wildcats 78-0 on January 25, then won the Gary Tiger Ridgefield Challenge in a dominant fashion on January 27.
This was the team’s fourth tournament championship of the season. The ...
Published: Feb 02, 2024 at 12:00 AM
The Flagpole Photographers Camera Club invites readers to its February events, which open with a program on Camera and Photo Basics hosted by club member Chane Cullens.
In this program, guests will learn and practice focusing, capturing motion, light...
Published: Feb 01, 2024 at 03:20 PM
To the Editor:
I wanted to express my personal appreciation to everyone who attended the Pootatuck River Watershed Management Plan (PRWMP) draft presentation this past Wednesday in the Legislative Council Room. The Pootatuck River Partners now seek p...
