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Attorney General Joins Town In Transfer Station Concerns By Kendra Bobowick One letter at a time, officials are joining residents in expressing written concerns about the Housatonic Railroad’s transfer station expansion proposal in Hawley...

For fast-acting relief try slowing down. —Lily Tomlin Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholl...

A Glimpse Of The Garden By Nancy Crevier “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...

Town Boards Are Full Of Dedicated Volunteers To the Editor, I have attended and spoken at several of the Board of Finance and Legislative Council meetings this past budget season. I am very impressed with the dedication exhibited by these groups. Th...

Joan Ainsworth Slocum Devoted To Family And Volunteer Work Joan Ainsworth Slocum, 81, of Newtown died July 22 in the Lutheran Home in Southbury. She was born in Salem, Mass., August 18, 1927. Mrs Slocum was a resident of Darien for more th...

Newtowners Arrested On Drug Charges By Andrew Gorosko DANBURY — Bethel police, while conducting an investigation into illegal drug activity on the night of July 26, arrested two Newtown men and a Bethel man on various drug charges at a N...

Open Forum Draws One Attendee— Selectmen Hear About USDA Deer Culling Program By John Voket Saying the town could “skip the game and get to the goal line right away,” resident David Shugarts told the Board of Selec...

Commentary— Yes, Cronkite Was That Good By Don Kaul Walter Cronkite died last week. Good. At the end he was ill, enfeebled and suffering from dementia. He was far too fine a man for that. He was 92, after all, and he’d had a h...