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Disagreements Mark The Process— Panel Debates Tick-Borne Disease Issues By Kendra Bobowick His final words Tuesday evening were telling: “The facts are not clear. If you could go from A to B to C, but it’s not that...

Firehouse Bar & Restaurant Issues A Siren Call To Food Lovers When Rich Barillari Sr and Jr took over the Firehouse Bar & Restaurant at 75 Glen Road, April 1, 2004, they were not fooling around. The firehouse-themed space reopened with a remodeled k...

Model Airplane Held For Safekeeping Police are holding for safekeeping a radio-controlled model airplane recently found in a tree by a Grand Place resident. Police suspect that someone was flying the remotely controlled toy airplane at the adjacent N...

Inmate Who Mailed Bomb Threat Sentenced BRIDGEPORT (AP) — A Connecticut prison inmate has been sentenced to 18 months for mailing a bomb threat to a federal agency. Federal prosecutors said 41-year-old Glen Sharkany was sentenced Novembe...

Conn. College Enrollment Sets Record  HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut education officials say enrollment at public and private colleges in the state has set another record, as the bad economy continues to push more people into school for deg...

Conn. Unemployment Rate Jumps To 8.8 Percent  WETHERSFIELD (AP) — The Connecticut Labor Department says the state’s unemployment rate increased slightly to 8.8 percent, even though employers added 1,000 jobs in October. The g...

Lucy Borruso Loving Mother And Grandmother Lucy Borruso, 88, wife of the late Joseph Borruso, died peacefully November 20, at Glen Hill Care & Rehabilitation Center, Danbury. She was born in New York City, May 10, 1921, and lived most of h...

For police reports Berkshire Road About 2:26 pm November 24, motorist Erica Raymond, 17, of 15 Shut Road was driving a 2001 Ford Taurus sedan eastward near 7 Berkshire Road, when a deer entered the street, resulting in a collision, police report...

Volunteer Forum On November 30 Starbucks Newtown will host its next Volunteer Open Forum on Monday, November 30. The café recently underwent dramatic renovations, with new banquet-style meeting tables that will be perfect for forums like this. Much ...

Shaun W. McLean Beloved Son And Brother Shaun W. McLean, 30, of Newtown, died suddenly November 23. He was born September 3, 1979, the son of William J. McLean, Jr, and Judith (Olson) McLean. Mr McLean was a graduate of Newtown High School, Cla...