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Fire Officials Concerned Over Proposed Railroad Waste Expansion By Andrew Gorosko Local fire officials are raising public safety concerns about the Housatonic Railroad Company’s proposal to greatly increase the tonnage of solid waste and ...

Saturday, July 4 Final day for St Rose Parish Carnival, 6 pm, St Rose of Lima Church, carnival rides, games of chance, Bingo and food, presented by and fundraiser for church’s Social Concerns Committee; 426-1014. Monday, July 6 ...

Fifth Grader Donates To Hawley By Eliza Hallabeck Reed Intermediate School student Clare Boyle recently said she began reading while she was a student at Hawley Elementary School, and that is why, when she won for an entry she wrote for the national ...

Roberta Madeline Watts Loving Wife, Mother, Stepmother Roberta Madeline Watts, 71, of Waterbury, died June 26, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Yonkers, N.Y. She is survived by her husband and best friend, R...

Reasoning For Year-End Perks Hard To Understand (The following letter to the Newtown Board of Education has been received for publication.) To the Board of Education: After this year’s painful budgeting process, it is difficult to u...

Putting The Play Over The Actor To the Editor: I am an avid participant in community theater and have performed with the Town Players of Newtown twice in recent years. Both experiences were thoroughly satisfying. However, my peripheral involvement in...

A Special Gift For The Seniors To the Editor: Kudos to Rich Barillari, owner of the Firehouse Restaurant here in town, and Jim Marcucilli, co-owner of Berkshire Motors. Rich just donated a nice, big 60-inch TV to the Newtown Senior Center. Now they c...

Children’s Programs *Monday Afternoon Crafts: Marie Walker will conduct one-hour craft workshops on five consecutive Mondays beginning July 6. The workshops will begin at 3:30 each week and are for ages 6 and up. Sign ups are in progress...

Found Goods Await Return To Owners The police department is seeking the owners of various items that are in storage in its found goods inventory at the police station at 3 Main Street. Among the items being held for safekeeping are a computer printe...

Prompt Response Limits Environmental Damage From Fuel Spill By Andrew Gorosko A state official has credited local firefighters for prompt action on Wednesday afternoon in finding the source of a home heating fuel spill, and then containing it, thus ...