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Finding History Underfoot And In The Stones By Kendra Bobowick His fingers traced history in grooves of stone. Town historian Dan Cruson noted features of glacial rock strewn on the forest floor. “Look at the scour. It’s beaut...

‘Unity In Diversity’ Programs Preview Unity In Diversity, a cable television program that provides an education in learning about one’s neighbors, especially through a clearer understanding of their religious herit...

Cancer Society Casts Doubt Saying Prostate Tests ‘May Do More Harm Than Good’ By Mike Stobbe ATLANTA (AP) — As Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month draws to a close, and months after experts discounted the importance...

March Madness At Middle School Newtown Middle School recently held its first Annual March Madness Basketball Tournament.  Ten co-ed teams played a round robin tournament and the winning seventh- and eighth-grade teams combined to take on the sc...

Palm Sunday Concert Will Open Holy Week On Palm Sunday, March 28, at 4 pm, the St Rose Festival Choir, under the direction of Joseph J. Jacovino Jr., will present a Lenten Concert to mark the beginning of Holy Week. The program, which will be approxi...

Restore Funds To The School Budget (The following letter to Newtown ’s Legislative Council has been received for publication.) Dear Members of the Legislative Council: I’d like to share a video with you (below), create...

Woman’s Club Members Are Crafty Women The Newtown Woman’s Club, GFWC, Inc. held its annual Arts & Crafts Show during the club’s regular monthly meeting on March 18. Thirteen members entered 42 items in 28 different...

Thursday’s Program On Underage Drinking Rescheduled For April The Community Conversation on Underage Drinking that had been planned for Thursday, March 25, has been rescheduled to Saturday, April 10. The postponement is due to scheduling...

Saturday, March 27 Passport Fair, 8 am–noon, Hawleyville Post Office, 23 Barnabas Road, passport information available, applications accepted (full details, including costs, available at travel.state.gov); 877-487-2778. American Red ...

Two Tauntons Police report a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Taunton Lake Road and Taunton Hill Road about 4:13 pm March 16. Motorist James Marron, 25, of 19 Farrell Road was driving a 2002 Jeep Wrangler SUV westward on Taunton Lake ...