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Community Conversation On Underage Drinking A Community Conversation on Underage Drinking has been scheduled for January 23 from 9 am to 1 pm at Reed Intermediate School. Lunch will be provided. Those wishing to attend should RSVP to blanchardj@newto...

Rushing Toward Disaster— Newtowner Is Part Of AmeriCares’ Quick Response In Haiti By Shannon Hicks The first AmeriCares emergency airlift, a DC6 carrying more than $6 million worth of critically needed medical aid for Haiti ea...

Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of the Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more ...

Jean M. Leary Kind And Loving Jean M. (O’Neill) Leary, 71, died after a long illness, January 11, at St Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury. She was the loving wife of Arthur J. Leary. Mrs Leary was born on November 25, 1938, a da...

Narcum Completes Basic Army National Guard Specialist David J. Narcum has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training e...

It’s Not Too Late to Vaccinate!  DANBURY — National Influenza Vaccination week was established to highlight the importance of getting a flu or H1N1 shot now that the holiday season is over. Since the H1N1 disease is likely t...

Friends At The Crosswalk To the Editor: I was walking home from school one day, and I am waiting to cross at the new crosswalk right across from the middle school. No cars were stopping but a fire truck did and even when he stopped no one else did. S...

McKinney Opts Out Of Governor’s Race By John Voket Bucking a crowd of contenders, State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, who represents Newtown, announced Tuesday afternoon that he has decided to not seek a nomination for governor, c...

Corrections A December 25 report about Finance Board’s deliberations on bonding for a Fairfield Hills demolition and parking lot development incorrectly identified Herb Rosenthal as being first selectman when the project was first approve...