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Thursday, October 1: 7:56 am, medical assist, 7 Lyrical Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 10:40 pm, investigation, near 17 Maple Drive, Sandy Hook responded.  Friday, October 2: 9:05 am, alarm, 255 South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder re...

Help Light The Night To the Editor: It’s happening! Mark your calendars; you don’t want to miss this event, Light the Night Mini-Walk Celebration for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. So what is that? It’s a nationw...

UConn Announces $600M Capital Campaign STORRS — The University of Connecticut has announced the public launch of a new capital campaign to raise $600 million and increase the resources available for students and faculty. The effort, calle...

Mountain Bike Race This Weekend The annual Grapes of Wrath Mountain Bike Race will be held at McLaughlin Vineyard at 1 pm on Saturday, October 10. Mountain bike racers and spectators are welcome. Prize is $1,000. The Sandy Hooks Vintage Base Ball te...

Masonicare Honors Its 90-Year-Plus Residents And One Special Centenarian By Eliza Hallabeck Colorful balloons reading “Happy Birthday” floated above tables while residents of Masonicare of Newtown who were 90 years and over we...

Neither Extreme To the Editor: As this year’s campaign quickly approaches Election Day, I want to congratulate all of the candidates for their courage and fortitude. It is not easy to stand in the fish bowl of politics and weather persona...

Botsford Railroad Bridge Struck Yet Again By Andrew Gorosko The section Botsford Hill Road near the Housatonic Railroad’s rail bridge reopened to traffic late on the morning of Friday, October 2, after work crews removed a heavily damage...

Hawley School Kicks Off Annual One School One Read By Eliza Hallabeck With teachers dressed as swans and a blue tiger visiting the school, Hawley Elementary School students had a surprise on Wednesday, September 30, when the school kicked off its One...

Shredding Fun At NCC Workcamp members of the Newtown Congregational Church are having a Shredding Fun fundraiser, Saturday, October 17, 8 am to 4 pm, and Sunday, October 18, 11:30 am to 3:30 pm, in the parking lot of the church at 14 West Street. Wa...

The Value Of Engaging Our Children, To the Editor: My husband and I are parents of soon to be 8-year-old triplets. Whether you are a parent of one, three, or five children, we all share the challenge of balancing work, our professional interests, and...