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 — Home From Haiti — Bret McEvoy: There Is Still Much Work To Be Done In The Earthquake Zone   By Shannon Hicks Bret McEvoy has been to Haiti twice since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the region earlier this year. The ...

The Freshman Forum To the Editor: I want to remind all freshmen and their parents/guardians to please join their classmates for the Freshman Forum on Monday, April 12, at 7 pm at the NHS Auditorium. The evening will be comprised of six speakers, each...

Doggone Etiquette— Tomorrow? By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog: You dogs are lucky in so many ways. You don’t have to do the shopping, or the cooking, or the cleaning up. (Okay, you do some of the cleaning up, like whe...

Republican Newsletter Cites ‘Unprecedented Cooperation’ On CIP By John Voket The latest informational newsletter from the Newtown Republican’s communications subcommittee is quick to point out that “un...

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance. —Wil...

A Real Book For The Virtual World By Nancy K. Crevier Newtown writer Sharon L. Cohen lives with a foot in two worlds: the virtual, online world of e-books and the real world of paper books. With her newest book, 199 Internet-Based Businesses You Can ...

Forty Years Of Service— April 1st Anniversary Is No Joke For Julie Allen Bridals     By Nancy K. Crevier Julie Allen Bridals celebrated 40 years of business, Thursday, April 1, and as owner Melanie Mattegat recalled her mother and fou...

Men In Green Meet The Selectmen By Kendra Bobowick As the overhead lights dimmed and a projector’s beam hit the screen, Newtown Middle School’s Men In Green provided selectmen with a brief PowerPoint introduction Monday, April...

Police Investigate SUV’s Collision With Restaurant   By Andrew Gorosko Police are investigating an unusual accident in which an out-of-control sport utility vehicle, which was traveling on Riverside Road late on the night of Friday, Apr...

A Snapshot Of Photography’s First Century The year of 1839 was a momentous one in the history of historical documentation, for that was the year that photography was invented. Though the first process was quite cumbersome, the new invent...