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Friday Night Family Dance BETHEL — Dance caller and musician Patricia Campbell will be joined by The Reel Thing for a Family Night Contra Dance at Stone Hill Firehouse, 59 Stony Hill Road (Route 6) in the Stony Hill section of Bethel, on ...

Council Reviews, Again, Budget Ballot Question BY JOHN VOKET After receiving confirmation that a waiting period and state review of local questions on a budget ballot are not required, the Legislative Council passed a modified version of a motion alr...

Keep On Clipping! To the Editor: Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Newtown Shares Box Tops/Campbell’s Labels/Tyson Points collection program. Since we started this program this summer, we have collected over 600 box tops which ...

Blood Drives April 29 & May 3 At Newtown Congregational Church Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. According to the American Red Cross, more than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day. One out of every ten people admit...

Newtown Youth Academy Seeks Full Tax Exemption By Andrew Gorosko The Newtown Youth Academy, Inc, has filed a court appeal against the town in seeking to gain a complete property tax exemption for its sports/recreation facilities at Fairfield Hills. ...

Benefit Concert For Haiti To Feature The CCSU University Singers The University Singers, a 14 member a cappella singing ensemble from Central Connecticut State University, will perform a concert at Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street in Newtown...

Studying Heart Disease Risk In Breast Cancer Survivors FARMINGTON — Cardiologists, oncologists, and radiologists at the University of Connecticut Health Center will work together to research the effects of chemotherapy on breast cancer s...

House Votes To Extend Health Insurance For Unemployed The state House of Representatives voted unanimously Wednesday for a bill that would extend group health insurance benefits for the unemployed from 18 to 30 months under the state’s â...

No Pleasant Surprises Likely As State Income Tax Returns Are Tallied Keith M. Phaneuf ©The Connecticut Mirror If the Capitol seems quiet over the next two weeks, it could be because state officials are collectively holding their breath. Data compi...

Bill Allows Towns To Buy Drugs HARTFORD (AP) – The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that allows Connecticut’s cities and towns to buy prescription drugs through the state employee health insurance pla...