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Attorney: FBI Trained Blogger To Incite Others By Katie Nelson Associated Press HARTFORD — A New Jersey blogger facing charges in two states for allegedly making threats against lawmakers and judges was trained by the FBI on how to be de...

Hartford Columnist’s Departure Raises Questions By Patrick Sanders Associated Press HARTFORD (AP) — Less than a year after Tribune Co. launched an innovative plan to combine the newsrooms of The Hartford Courant and a local TV...

Dodgingtown Firefighters Learn Horse Handling For Emergencies By Andrew Gorosko To gain a sense of how to handle horses when they are encountered in an emergency, a Dodgingtown Volunteer Fire Company member, who is an equestrian, gave a talk and dem...

Athletic Trainer Gets Inside Look At Olympic Training By Nancy K. Crevier Newtown resident Jody Murray is pleased to have had the opportunity to spend two weeks as part of a rotating volunteer medical team at the US Olympic Training Center in Chula V...

* * * Residents overwhelmingly favor constructing an Olympic-sized swimming pool at Timothy B. Treadwell Memorial Park according to the poll conducted by the Parks and Recreation Commission over the last several months. Estimated to c...

Carolee Mason Still Needs Our Support To the Editor: Eight weeks ago, Carolee Mason was reinstated as Newtown’s animal control officer. Since that reinstatement, Carolee has spent all her time in training. She says it has been an excelle...

IPN Reps Examine Council, BOF Roles In Capital, Budget Process By John Voket Following an initial discussion on possibly changing the role and positioning of the council in the town’s Capital Improvement Planning (CIP) process, incumbent...

HRR To Halt Filling & Seek Permit By Andrew Gorosko The Housatonic Railroad Company has agreed to halt earthen filling work at its 30 Hawleyville Road (Route 25) rail terminal and submit a wetlands permit application to the Inland Wetlands Commissi...

Newtown 9-Year-Olds Fall Short In New England Regional Tourney After winning its first two games against the Massachusetts and Rhode Island state champions, Newtown faced Exeter, N.H., in the New England Regional Tournament for 9-year-old baseball. N...