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PRWC Names Belden Executive Director The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition (PRWC) has named James Belden of Newtown as its new executive director. Mr Belden is an environmentalist who played a primary role in forming Newtown’s Pootatuc...

The Importance Of Playtime For Children Housatonic Valley Waldorf School will sponsor a screening of the documentary Where Do the Children Play? at Bethel Cinema Thursday, February 25, at 7 pm. The documentary is a one-hour examination of how restri...

Antiques Shows _________________________ Feb 7: 17th Annual Antiques & Collectibles Antiques Show, Naugatuck High School, 543 Rubber Ave, Naugatuck, 9 am-4 pm, $4, $2 children, 60+ dealers; 203-723-2588. Feb 7: 44th Annual Tolland Historical...

heART for Haiti: Fundraiser This Weekend heART for HAITI is an artist-conceived fundraiser taking place on Friday, January 29, from 6 to 9 pm, and Saturday, January 30, noon to 3 pm, at five Fairfield County galleries that have teamed up to sell arti...

The dispatchers at the emergency communications center at Town Hall South report the following fire calls: Thursday, January 21: 5:20 pm, investigation, Meadowbrook Road, Botsford responded. Friday, January 22: 3:14 pm, alarm, 10 Loveland Dr...

Community Conversation Grant Sparks A New Topic By Eliza Hallabeck More than 100 people gathered in Reed Intermediate School’s cafetorium on Saturday, January 23, to discuss underage drinking. The event was underwritten by a grant from th...

Newtown Deserves Proof That A Deer Cull Will Work To the Editor: Mr Cox states [“Combating the Lyme Epidemic,” Letter Hive, 1/22/10], “Opponents argue that no cull can be truly effective unless it reduces the popu...

Middle School Team Beats Bethel Twice The Newtown Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade boys’ basketball teams both defeated Bethel twice this past week. Highlights are as follows: Grade 8 The boys defeated a sharp shooting Bethel ...

New This Week *Coffee & Conversation: All parents want to raise healthy teens. Newtown Youth & Family Services’ new monthly discussion group will offer practical parenting skills that can help prevent a wide range of risky behaviors inclu...