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Ordinance Generates Some Noise By Eliza Hallabeck & John Voket In his years of political service to Newtown, Legislative Council Chairman Will Rodgers has seen all too many public hearings open and close with nary a word from anyone representing con...

Elections ‘09— Democrats First Position Paper Echoes Familiar Theme: Inclusion By John Voket Democratic first selectman candidate Gary Fetzer and his running mate Joe Hemingway issued their first position paper this week, mir...

Balancing Development And Natural Resources To the Editor: As Planning and Zoning begins to assess the environmental impacts of the Hunter Ridge’s proposed 14-lot lakeside development, it’s important to understand why the Dan...

James John Czel, Jr Beloved Son James John Czel, Jr, 34, of Newtown, died unexpectedly August 15, at home. Born October 8, 1974, in Norwalk, he is the son of Marjorie Keegan of Newtown and James John Czel, Sr, of Bethel. Mr Czel graduated from...

Recognizing Service To the Editor: There is going to be a change in the Newtown Probate court in the very near future. Judge Margot Hall, after many years of service to the town and its neediest citizens, is facing mandatory retirement. I have repres...

Harrowing Hattertown Road To the Editor: A word in the ear of the powers that be the Newtown Highway Department: Each night, as I make my way home from work, I find myself driving the obstacle course that is Hattertown road between Poverty Hollow and...

Newtown Road Race September 5 The Fourth Annual Newtown Road Race, to benefit Newtown Youth And Family Services, is scheduled for Saturday, September 5. The 5K race will begin at 9 am at Dickinson Memorial Park. Race day registration is from 7:30 to...

New Meeting Location For Friends SOUTHBURY — The Litchfield Hills Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), who formerly met in the Woodbury Senior Center, announces their new meeting location in the community room of Stop & Shop in Southbur...

C.H. Booth Library Hosts An Author’s Visit With An Extra-Special Guest By Eliza Hallabeck One visitor at C.H. Booth Library in the afternoon on Thursday, August 13, could not go inside to hear author and resident Scarlett Lewis read from ...

New Financial Impact Form Fulfills Charter Mandate By John Voket Newtown Finance Director Robert Tait has forged an apparent missing link in the town’s charter-mandated process of requesting special appropriations. According to Mr Tait, l...