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NHS Senior Named Finalist For The Barton L. Weller Scholarship Newtown High School senior Shane Wurtz, son of Brenda and Jeff Wurtz of Sandy Hook, was selected as a finalist to compete for the $12,000 scholarship in honor of the late Barton L. Welle...

Julie L. Citrano Devoted To Family Julie L. (Kowall) Citrano, 78, of Trumbull, beloved wife of the late Dr Eugene Charles Citrano, died January 1 in St Vincent’s Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 2, 1931, she was the d...

Field Notes: The Second Day Of The Year The day we were officially released from “the holidays” this year bore the date 01/02/2010 — a numerical palindrome that defied direction by simultaneously coming and going. ...

Bruce John Sisko Bruce John Sisko, 57, of Sandy Hook, died December 29 at the Yale New Haven Hospital. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. The Larson Funeral Home, 2496 North Avenue, Bridgeport, is in care of arrangements. The Newt...

Woman Charged With Three Sex Offenses After learning that police held a warrant for her arrest, Danielle Danka, 18, of 1 Crown View Drive turned herself over to police at the police station about 7:30 am January 6 and was charged with three sex offe...

MV Charges Police report they stopped motorist Kathleen Green, 18, of 22 Tunnel Road about 10 pm on December 28 on West Street for not having the rear marker plate on her vehicle illuminated. After investigating, police said they charged Green w...

Valentines For Troops 2010 To the Editor: This January marks the fifth year that Newtown students will be writing letters for Valentine’s Day to service men and women who are serving overseas. What started as an idea of one second grade t...

Greg, along with other young people, will tell his story of struggle, but also of hope and recovery, January 20 at Newtown Middle School at 7 pm in a community forum called, “Kids Speak Out: The Straight Talk.”  This honest ...

Nighthawk Boys Win Tourney Consolation Game WESTPORT — The Newtown High School boys’ basketball team rebounded from its first loss of the campaign to defeat Weston and win the consolation game of the Staples High Holiday Tourn...