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Updated: Oct 27, 2023 at 02:19 PM
Newtown’s free 2023 Health Fair isn’t just an opportunity to fill complimentary shopping bags full of freebies from its dozens of vendors and exhibitors.
This year’s health fair — planned for Saturday, October 28, 9 am to noon in the cafetorium of Re...
Updated: Oct 27, 2023 at 01:12 PM
Newtown residents are already painfully aware of the impulse that happens after a catastrophic event: People want to “do something,” and they donate money. Most of the time their funds are used as intended. Sometimes, however, less than honorable int...
Updated: Oct 27, 2023 at 12:41 PM
Per notice of the Scudder Smith Family Association, the Bunny House located at The Pleasance, 1 Main Street, Newtown, will be closed until further notice due to interior vandalism.
We regret the inconvenience for our Newtown community while damage cl...
Published: Oct 27, 2023 at 09:16 AM
After a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease, Christina Frey Reed passed from this Earth on October 12, 2023 with her husband and children by her side.
Chris was born in York, Penn., on June 19, 1942 to her loving parents Robert and Mary Jane F...
Published: Oct 27, 2023 at 09:00 AM
NOTE: This is an expanded version of a story first posted online last week.
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Fourteen cows died — but more than twice as many survived — after the truck they were being transported in rolled onto its side as it was exiting I-84 ear...
Published: Oct 27, 2023 at 09:00 AM
Congratulations Ali Albini Baggett, who picked up another title with this beautiful design (see photo). The edible creation won Most Creative honors during last week’s Second Annual Connecticut Business Exchange Halloween Baking Contest. Our neighbor...
Published: Oct 27, 2023 at 08:16 AM
To the Editor:
We are writing to endorse the Capeci Madzula Team for Office of First Selectman and Board of Selectmen.
The list of accomplishments and public service for Jeff include Board of Selectmen and years of service on the Legislative Council ...
Published: Oct 27, 2023 at 08:15 AM
To the Editor:
This spring, the Newtown Board of Education proposed the removal of several books from the libraries at the middle and high schools. The books in question were graphic novels that had been approved for the libraries by trained library ...
Updated: Oct 27, 2023 at 08:15 AM
To the Editor:
I’m sorry to see national culture wars playing out in beautiful Newtown.
I’ve lived here for almost 40 years. My children blossomed in Newtown schools, at a time when there were no book challenges to distract the Board of Education fro...
Updated: Oct 27, 2023 at 08:15 AM
To the Editor:
My grandmother Betty, to me she was always Meme, never adapted to our modern way of life. Born in 1919, practically another world compared to ours, she grew up in an orphanage and had very little access to an education. She never even ...
