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Coaches Strait And Atkinson, Responsible For Program Turnarounds, Step Down By Andy Hutchison Newtown High School baseball coach Carl Strait and girls’ swim coach Mary Atkinson announced, recently, that they will not return to run their t...

Church Hill Road While on patrol near 51 Church Hill Road about 6:20 pm June 24, police said they stopped motorist John Peters III, 35, of 9 Arrowhead Lane for a cellphone violation. After investigating, police said they issued Peters an infract...

Performance Flaws Uncovered. But Whose? When Carolee Mason decided to contest her April 1 firing as Newtown’s animal control officer in a public hearing before the Board of Selectmen, she probably knew she would be opening herself up to q...

UConn Professor Believes Autism Can Be ‘Cured’ STORRS — When Deborah Fein, PhD, was a graduate student in clinical psychology three decades ago, she did not know much about autism. Today, the UConn professor of psy...

Frances E. Schweitzer Dreczko An Exuberant Spirit Frances E. (Schweitzer) Dreczko, 85, formerly of New Fairfield and Westerly, R.I., a homemaker and skilled crafter who loved theater, film, performing, and animals, and whose exuberant spirit was...

US Cancer Death Rate Drops ‘Modestly’ ATLANTA (AP) — The US cancer death rate fell again in 2006, a new analysis shows, continuing a slow downward trend that experts attribute to declines in smoking, earlier detect...

Still Under Investigation— Animal Control Officer Back At Work By Kendra Bobowick Animal Control Officer Carolee Mason is back to work and in training “until such time as her instructor is satisfied she is doing her job proper...

NHS Girls Hit The Gridiron For Powder Puff Battle By Andy Hutchison Newtown High School junior and senior girls traded in their eye liner for eye black and their seats in the bleachers for spots in the starting lineup when they hit the gridiron for a...

VFW Family Picnic June 27 VFW Post 308 will host its annual Family Picnic — open to all residents — Saturday, June 27. The fun will begin at 11 am at the post, 18 Tinkerfield Road. Requested donation is $15, with a $30 cap for...

Danbury High School’s Class Of 1979 Slates 30th Reunion July 25 Danbury High School’s Class of 1979 will hold its 30th high school reunion from 7 to 11 pm on Saturday, July 25, at the Amber Room Colonnade, 37 Stacey Road, in ...