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Knights’ Baseball Team Captures District Championship Newtown’s 10-year-old travel baseball team, the Knights, won their district tournament in Oxford recently. Game results are as follows: Newtown 10, Woodbury 0: The Knights...

Commentary— High Speed Rail Is Slowing By William A. Collins Flying ’s such An awful pain; Sure do wish, We had a train. When I was little, my folks didn’t have a car. We took the bus or the t...

Girls’ Lacrosse Players Receive All American Accolades Newtown High School girls’ lacrosse players Lisa Vendel and Annie Fletcher received All American honors. Vendel, a junior midfielder, has been recognized with honorable m...

Roving Patrols Find Violators During July 4th Weekend During the July 4th holiday weekend, town police conducted extra roving patrols in seeking out drunken drivers on local roads. On each evening from Thursday, July 2, through Sunday, July 5, police...

Save A Little At The Gas Pump As the temperature rises, so do gas prices. While motorists cannot change the cost of gas, they can save money by following a few simple auto care steps. To get maximum fuel economy, experts at the Car Care Council sugg...

The world is your playground. Why aren’t you playing? —Ellie Katz The ability to play is essential to being a creative artist. —Dewitt Jones You’ve achieved success in your field when you donâ€&#x9...

The Kindle II— A Low-Tech Look At A High-Tech Toy By Nancy K. Crevier I have more than a thousand books stacked on the nightstand next to my bed, and I can lift them with one hand. Okay. I could have a thousand books stacked there. It is ...

Recreation Tennis Camp The Newtown Parks & Recreation Department is offering Summer Tennis Camp Match Play sessions (ages 9-11 and 12-16) and an Afternoon Tennis Camp (ages 6-9 and 10-15) the week of August 10.  For registration, visit newtown-ct.g...

The Comfort Of The Written Word To the Editor: During the summer of 1999, Newtown lost four young people. With the exception of Jason, Ernie, Melissa, and Stephen were lost to accidents. All four families suffered the initial shock of the knock at th...