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On The Right Track To the Editor: It is a significant privilege for me to have been selected to fill the open position on the Newtown Board of Education. The board has a critical responsibility overseeing the education of our children, and I am great...

Sports Shorts NHS Softball Car Wash Is your car dirty? Newtown High School’s softball team will host a fundraising car wash this Saturday, August 29 at St Rose Church from 10 am to 2 pm. Recreation Cross Country Signups for Int...

BAHA’I FAITH OF NEWTOWN Contact Margo Deselin 241-5525; WintonFarms@aol.com Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; discussions of social issues from a spiritual perspective. The meetings are held at various locations in Newto...

Disruption In Library Internet Connectivity Expected From the end of business on Friday, September 4, through the morning of Tuesday, September 8, the Cyrenius H. Booth Library will experience a disruption in Internet connectivity as the Bibliomation...

Theater Review— Ackbourn’s ‘How The Other Half Loves’ Is Clever And Fun For Summer By Julie Stern WESTPORT — In a highly enjoyable way of filling out the summer schedule, Westport Country Pl...

Borough ZBA Rejects Variance For Proposed Hook & Ladder Firehouse By Andrew Gorosko The Borough Zoning Board of Appeals (BZBA) this week unanimously rejected the Newtown Hook and Ladder Fire Company’s request for a zoning variance. The a...

Volunteers Sought For Bob Veillette 5K WATERBURY — Anyone interested in being a volunteer at the 2009 Bob Veillette 5K Road Race and Walk on September 13 is asked to attend a mandatory planning meeting on Saturday, August 29. The race ne...

End Of Summer Hours Scheduled At Treadwell And Eichler’s Cove Parks and Recreation has announced the end of summer hours for Treadwell Park pool and for Eichler’s Cove. Treadwell Park pool will be open from 10 am to 8 pm, and...

Colony Collapse Disorder A Secondary Worry — Natural Causes Create Concern Among Connecticut Beekeepers By Nancy K. Crevier In the spring of 2007, after losing 14 of the 15 hives he keeps at Cherry Grove Farm in Newtown, Danbury beekeepe...