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Wednesday, December 23: 7:10 am, steam venting from a furnace that was mistaken as a structure fire, 40 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder, Botsford, and Sandy Hook responded; 7:15 am, alarm, 14 Cider Mill Road, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded. ...

Looking Back At ‘09— Transparency Takes Precedence In Local Planning, Budget, Elections, Fairfield Hills By John Voket The ability to help Newtown residents see, identify with, and understand everything from goings on at Fairf...

Local Nutrition Coach Combines Proper Foods To Achieve Desired Results By John Voket With a background in psychology, Newtowner Andrea Anderson already had a good understanding of what makes people tick. But when she began noticing autistic behavior...

Committee Still Has Questions About Proposed Bidding Code Change By John Voket What was thought to be a routine matter of changing some code language to provide flexibility in the event the town wants to or needs to reject bids has spurred questions ...

Congratulations to Charles Luf and Melissa Procaccini, who were both able to tell us that last week’s challenge (inset) — the final one for 2009 — showed one of the posts and part of the gate leading into Lands End...

2009: A Year Of Survival For The Revered Hawleyville Post Office By Nancy K. Crevier It was like a ride on a scary roller coaster, but it seems like 2009 may finally be wrapping up the years-long saga of the Hawleyville Post Office. The future of the...

New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.  —Mark Twain Now there are more overweight people in America ...

Valentine’s Day Project Around The Corner— WWE Brings Holiday Greetings From Reed Students To Middle East By Eliza Hallabeck For the second year, students from Reed Intermediate School were highlighted in World Wrestling Enter...

2009 Discoveries Provided A Peek At The Past By Nancy K. Crevier For many years before the brick building on the corner of Church Hill and Glen Roads in Sandy Hook Center was known as Chao Chao Restaurant or The Red Brick Tavern, locals knew that loc...

Juniors And Seniors Complete Projects At NHS By Eliza Hallabeck In preparation for the end of the semester, students in Newtown High School’s Junior/Senior Project class for the first semester practiced presenting their projects to the cl...