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Winter Still Embraces The Sturdy Ice House By Nancy K. Crevier “The only refrigerator our mothers had was the well, and happy was the woman whose well was deep and cold and never-failing,” recalled Newtown’s first ...

  A queen bee remains fertile all her life. Drones (male bees) do not have stingers.

Vigorous writing is concise. —William Strunk, Jr You must not come lightly to the blank page.  —Stephen King Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. —T.S. Eliot Writing is not necessarily somet...

P&Z Accepts Plan On Driveway Placements  By Andrew Gorosko Following discussion at a January 21 session, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members have accepted a planning study that provides a range of traffic recommendations on how to achieve ...

The group also is introducing an online quiz to help people gauge how close they are to the ideal. If you fall a bit short, it offers tips for improving. “These seven factors — if you can keep them ideal or control them â&#x80...

Organic Farms, Supporters, Can Market In NOFA Guide OXFORD — Connecticut’s chapter of NOFA, the Northeast Organic Farming Association, has begun to edit this year’s CT NOFA Farm & Food Guide and invites all member...

Scholarships Available The Newtown High School Career Center publicizes all scholarships of which it is notified. A few of the scholarships, typically national ones, request that money be enclosed with the application. The Career Center believes that...

Priscilla Eve Case Beloved By Family And Friends Priscilla Eve Case, 55, of Williamsburg, Va., died January 17, after a 13-year battle with breast cancer. She was born August 9, 1954, in Mount Kisco, N.Y., to Genevieve and Peter Geer, and ...

Keating Farms Police said they received a report on the presence of a suspicious vehicle in the area of Keating Farms Avenue at Fairfield Hills about 11:35 pm on January 16, so they went to the area to investigate. After the vehicle was located,...