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Antiques Shows______ Sundays (through Dec): Elephant’s Trunk Country Flea Market, Rte 7, New Milford, 7 am-2:30 pm (early buying 5:45 am, $20), adm $2, free ages 12 & under, leave pets home, vendors offer antiques, collectibles & mis...

Concert Review— Brilliant Work By A Young Pianist Shows Promise For Another Full Season Of ‘Exquisite Music, Superbly Performed’ By Wendy Wipprecht Newtown Friends of Music began its 32nd second season of sponsore...

Local Election Promises Changes At The Top By John Voket Newtown goes to the polls Tuesday, November 3, to facilitate one of the largest turnovers among the top echelon of local political leadership in memory. Voters will seat a new three-person Boar...

Confidence In Newtown To the Editor: I enjoyed many thousands of conversations with fellow Newtowners over these past months of the campaign. “Thank You” to all of you for the courtesies extended, for the great questions and s...

School Board Approves Three-Year Teachers’ Pact By Eliza Hallabeck The Board of Education unanimously approved a three-year contract with the Newtown Federation of Teachers, Tuesday, October 27. The agreement includes just a few changes f...

Newtown’s 9-year-old baseball Field Day was held this past weekend and players were honored as follows: Fall League MVP: Adam Bergeron. Sportsman: Harrison Hoffert. Clinic MVP: Eugene Citrano. Gold Glove (infield): Adam Bergeron. Gold...

Police Check Traffic Noise In Sandy Hook During the afternoon of Sunday, October 25, the police department’s traffic unit conducted a vehicle noise enforcement project on Glen Road, near its intersection with Walnut Tree Hill Road, in Sa...

Town Government Needs To Connect With The Community To the Editor: Newtown faces real challenges ahead. With great trepidation we have seen the size of our spending, and our taxes, grow and grow, seemingly out of control. Looking at all the needs an...

To the Editor: I have known John Kortze for over nine years as a friend and neighbor, and I would like to endorse him for the Board of Finance once again. I believe John has Newtown’s best interest in mind when he makes decisions about ho...

Top State Democrats Blumenthal, Bysiewicz Promote Democrats’ No. 2, Hemingway By John Voket Two top state Democratic leaders took pains this week to praise the No. 2 Democrat on Newtown’s ticket, foregoing the traditional prac...