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South Main Street A two-car collision involving a sedan and a coupe occurred near 228 South Main Street about 3:05 pm March 29, police said. In that accident, motorist Margot Modlin, 75, of New York City, who was driving a 2002 Cadillac DHS seda...

Learn To Hive Honeybees The Backyard Beekeepers Association (BYBA) will sponsor a free workshop, Saturday, April 10, at Cherry Grove Farm in Newtown, at 11 am, with a rain date of Sunday, April 11, also at 11 am. Local beekeepers Dick Marron and Bobb...

Senior League Success The Newtown Youth Basketball Association Boys’ Senior League’s first- and second-place finishers are the Papparazi and Hamburglars, respectively. The Papparazi captain is Jeff DiNicola and the captai...

* * * First Selectman Jack Rosenthal said April 8 it was “an absolute disgrace” that some people have been dumping garbage on undeveloped sections of some town roads. During the month of March the Highway Depar...

NHS Voices And Performances Raise Funds For Haiti By Eliza Hallabeck The effort of Newtown High School staff, students, parents, and community members raised roughly $2,700 on Thursday, April 1, for relief efforts in Haiti when the Voices for Haiti B...

Commentary— It’s Not Government’s Size, It’s The Stupidity By Donald Kaul As much as liberals would wish it otherwise, Joe Stack, the fellow who flew his plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas, was...

Council Sends Budget To Referendum With Three-Percent Tax Increase By John Voket After more than five hours of deliberation and separate votes on requested town and school spending, the Legislative Council sent to referendum a proposal that would i...

Occupation: I am the vice president of market research for GE Capital Real Estate. Family: I am married to Betsy. We have two sons. Christopher is a junior at Newtown High School, and Matthew is a seventh grader at Newtown Middle School. ...

Court Tattoo Ban Protested HARTFORD (AP) — A union for Connecticut judicial marshals has filed a protest with the state over a new policy requiring all judicial officers to cover tattoos. The policy goes into effect by May 1 and affects a...

Emma C. Schroeder Beloved Mother And Grandmother Emma C. Schroeder, 96, formerly of New Hyde Park, N.Y., died March 31, in Newtown Masonicare Nursing Home, after a brief illness. She had lived in Lockwood Lodge Assisted Living Facility sin...