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Nighthawk Swim Team Glides To Eighth Straight Win Newtown High School’s girls’ swimming and diving team earned its eighth straight win in a 102-81 triumph over visiting Lauralton Hall on October 26. The Nighthawks improved to ...

Local Families Light The Night For Cancer Research The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) held a well-attended fundraising event known as a Light The Night Walk on the night of Saturday, October 24, in the gymnasium at Newtown High School. The event h...

To the Editor: I am writing a letter of endorsement for Debbie Leidlein who is running for the Board of Education.  I have worked on a number of committees with Debbie, the last one being the Board of Education’s long-range strategic pla...

To the Editor: This letter is to endorse the candidacy of Robert J. Edwards for the Legislative Council, District 2. Bob has lived in Newtown for 22 years. He is an educator at the university level and with his wife Donna, who is also an educator, ha...

Nourishments— Rethinking Leftovers By Nancy K. Crevier Perhaps if leftovers had a tastier name, they would not be so disdained. “Re-creations” might be a good term for the regeneration of those half-servings and pa...

P&Z Hearing on Commercial Sign Rules  Set For November 5 By Andrew Gorosko In response to a request from the Chamber of Commerce of Newtown, Inc, the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) is proposing a set of changes to its commercial sign rules int...

To the Editor: I have the privilege and honor of being DTC chairman of Newtown, and I am proud of the candidates the Newtown Democrats present to the citizens of Newtown in the upcoming election. They have varied backgrounds as far as education and p...

Radar Patrol Police report they were using radar equipment to detect the speed of vehicles traveling on Berkshire Road, at about 11:30 am October 20, when they learned that motorist Michael Baker, 28, of Hamden was driving more than 60 miles per...

To the Editor: I am writing to support my father, Robert Hennessey, who is running for Newtown’s Legislative Council. He is one of my greatest role models and one of my best friends, so it would be all too easy for me to go on at length d...