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Approximately 40 residents went before the Inland Wetlands Commission on March 13 to express concerns with water runoff from a proposed 117 single-family home development at 20-60 Castle Hill Road. The site is located on 136 acres. The preserved port...

Family: I live with my partner, Michael. My mom is Dana, who just moved to Newtown too, so she’s nice and close by. Pets: I have two cats, Maisie and Happy, and I love them to death. They’re my tiny fur babies. How long have you lived in ...

While looking for ways to help others following the death of her son, Harrison, in August 2023, Newtown resident Lynne Farah volunteered for various causes around town before stumbling onto a new mission. While volunteering at FAITH Food Pantry, a fe...

Women Involved in Newtown (WIN) spent the evening of March 13 at The Children’s Adventure Center, where they assembled Easter baskets for distribution among local children. Children’s Adventure Center Executive Director Anna Ruggiero, who is also a m...

Early voting for the Presidential Preference Primary, being offered for the first time in Connecticut this year, begins today. Registered Democrats will receive ballots listing Marianne Williamson, Dean Phillips, Cenk Uygur, and Joe Biden. Register...

All town offices and agencies, including Newtown Senior Center, will be closed Friday, March 29, for Good Friday. Newtown Community Center will be open normal operating hours (6 am to 8 pm) on Friday, but there are no health and wellness classes that...

The Town’s 2024-25 proposed budget is in its final stretch, as the Legislative Council began its review at a meeting on March 13. The council’s review marks the last round of reviews of the budget by town boards before going before the public for a v...

UPDATE (April 8, 2024): This article has been updated to provide the correct phone number for the HRRA. ***** Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority (HRRA) Executive Director Jennifer Heaton-Jones talked to Newtown residents about recycling, wa...

Motorists can expect lane closures on the I-84 West Exit 9 ramps during the overnight of Tuesday, March 26, into Wednesday, March 27. The closures will allow work to continue on the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Wrong Way Driver Co...

L. Joseph "Joe" Holub Jr, of St. George, Maine, died peacefully surrounded by his family on January 26, 2024, after a brief battle with cancer. Joe was born on April 30, 1945, in Queens, New York, to Lewis J. Holub and Jeanne Whelan Holub. A fascinat...