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Exempted Threats To the Editor: I recently added my voice to that of the Hawleyville Environmental Advocacy Team in opposition to the Housatonic Railroad’s proposed expansion of its solid waste operation in Hawleyville. It is difficult at...

Staying Local and Saving Money This Summer By Sarah Ferris Newtown residents are learning that having a blast with the family this summer doesn’t have to break the bank, because several Newtown organizations are making it easy to stay loc...

July 20, 1984 An attorney for Bridgeport industrialist F. Francis D’Addario, named Newtown, its zoning and conservation enforcement officers, and its past and present land-use commissioners in a suit that claims these offi...

Summer Programs Teach And Entertain Students By Eliza Hallabeck The quiet hallways and seemingly vacant classrooms at Head O’ Meadow on Tuesday, July 7, gave no signs of eager and learning students, until the beat and sound of â€&#x9...

Process Used Locally— Government Using State Study In Weighing Playground, Sports Field Risks For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has endorsed the recycling of ground-up tires to cushion the surfaces of children’s p...

Middle Eastern And Continental Cuisine— Sesame Seed Restaurant For nearly 30 years, fans of Middle Eastern cuisine have been flocking to Sesame Seed on West Wooster Street in Danbury. Situated in a building that was formally a home, it ha...

Commentary— If Corporate Media Dies, So What? By Jim Naureckas One thing to keep in mind while worrying about the future of journalism is that its past hasn’t been all that great either. Journalism ought to be judged not on t...

Around The Horn — Baseball Highlights 10-Year-Old baseball highlights: Fairfield American 8, Newtown Bombers 6: Sean Ferris and Robert Katrinak led the Bomber offense with two hits apiece in the loss to Fairfield. Trailing 4-0 in the ...

Joan Lockwood Former Sandy Hook Resident Joan Lockwood, 64, of Hallendale, Fla., daughter of the late Earl and Ruth Lockwood, died suddenly July 10. Ms Lockwood was a lifelong resident of Sandy Hook before relocating to Florida. Two brothers, ...