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State Schools Fall Short HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut education officials say 40 percent of the state’s public schools failed to meet performance standards this year under the federal No Child Left Behind law. A report releas...

‘Women Of The Revolution’ To Open Historical Society’s New Season “Remember the ladies,” wrote Abigail Adams to her husband John while he was in the midst of helping to push the American col...

Numerous Scholarships For Students Available The Newtown High School Career Center publicizes all scholarships of which it is notified. A few of the scholarships, typically national ones, request that money be enclosed with the application. The Caree...

State School Project Moratorium May Affect NHS Expansion By Eliza Hallabeck A contended moratorium on state funding for school projects potentially in the state’s budget, passed last week, could hinder the allocation of $11 million toward...

Remember Your Manners To the Editor: Every time I go into Stew Leonard’s to visit my grandmother while she’s working, a little part of my soul dies. Has anyone actually watched how people act when they’re in there?...

Photos by Kendra Bobowick, Nancy Crevier, Andrew Gorosko, Shannon Hicks & John Voket

Thursday, September 3: 10:37 pm, medical assist, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded. Friday, September 4: 9:04 am, paint on the roadway, Main Street at Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:04 pm, motor vehicle accident, Main St...

Health Providers Can Preregister For H1N1 Vaccine HARTFORD — The Department of Public Health (DPH) announced that Connecticut physicians and other health care providers can now preregister to receive H1N1 vaccine as soon as the federal g...

Data Shows Number Of Eye Injuries To Children On The Rise CHICAGO — There’s no place like home...especially for eye injuries. According to the American Society of Ocular Trauma, more than 2.5 million eye injuries happen at ho...

Newtown Support Groups Friday, September 11        AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion. Saturday, September 12       Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (M...