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* * * The Water Pollution Control Authority is recommending a $13 million sewer project for parts of the borough, Sandy Hook, and Taunton Pond area despite two town officials’ warnings that cost estimates for the plan are ...

A Glimpse Of The Garden “A Glimpse Of The Garden ” is a miniseries focusing on the heart of a gardener ’s work — a special spot, an extraordinary plant, a place of respite, or a place that...

Newtown Hawks Battle In Playoffs The Newtown Hawks, a 10-year-old baseball team, recently competed in the Route 84 League Playoffs. Game results are as follows: Middlebury 9, Newtown Hawks 6: Tournament host Middlebury defeated the Newtown Hawks...

Adopt A Dog From The Pound The following dogs are available for adoption from the Newtown pound, which is located at the end of Ethan Allen Road (behind the transfer station): BO is a 17-month-old Bulldog, Basset Hound, Boston Terrier, German Sho...

Garner Inmate Charged With Bias Crime Following an incident in Garner Correctional Institution late on the morning of July 27, state police arrested an inmate there charging him with having committed a bias crime in connection with an assault against...

U10 Hawks Capture Third At New England Regionals The U10 Newtown Hawks softball team took third place in the New England Regional Tournament this past weekend in Pittsfield, Mass.  Newtown started the tournament with a tough game against New Hampshi...

Clarification In a report published July 31 about an open session of the Board of Selectmen, resident David Shugarts was identified as the acting chairperson of a forming local committee called the Tick-Borne Disease and Action Task Force. First Sele...

Mary Louise Post Beloved Mother Mary Louise Post, 75, of Sarasota, Fla., died July 28. She was born August 28, 1933, in Salem, W.Va., the daughter of Dollie (Vanscoy) and Robert R. Crites. Mrs Post was a lifelong resident of Newtown prior to mov...

Sugar Lane Kelly and Kristopher Plummer of Sandy Hook purchased a home at 65 Sugar Lane from Jill and Johannes Veithuizen of Newtown. Lee Boyle of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage sold the property, which was listed by Patty McCarthy of Wil...