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CIP Overhaul— Council Discusses Ideas About Streamlining Funding Requests By John Voket Finance Director Robert Tait has taken his plans to electronically streamline annual departmental budget requests and supersized it. During a June 17 ...

Ask Questions About Fairfield Hills To the Editor: As most readers know, the lease agreement to have Newtown Hall house medical offices and some Danbury Hospital services has been severed. The building remains vacant. Kevin’s Community Ce...

Selectman Proclaims June 28 Newtown Authors And Book Illustrators Day A champagne reception will be held at C.H. Booth Library on Sunday, June 28, at 2 pm, to celebrate Newtown authors and book illustrators. The event is free and open to adults in t...

* * * Nine-year-old Maureen McGovern’s suggestion for naming the story house in the upstairs fiction room was “The Booth” and that’s exactly what the area will be called from now on. The...

Former Postal Worker Sentenced For Mail Theft By Andrew Gorosko BRIDGEPORT — A former Newtown mail carrier was sentenced on June 15 in US District Court for his conviction on one count of theft of mail by a postal employee, which is a f...

Newtown Students Share Their Summer Plans By Sarah Ferris Two days after school gets out, the only thoughts on most kids’ minds are of swimming, s’mores, and sleeping until noon. For several Newtown students around the distric...

Here Come The Promises To the Editor: Beware of election promises. It’s funny how an impending election all of a sudden brings out politicians making promises. Usually these promises are the things that they should have been doing the two...

Online Colorectal Cancer, Genetic Testing Resource HARTFORD — The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) announced a new online resource to enhance awareness of colon and rectal (colorectal) cancer risk and genetic testing for her...

Middle School Runners Shine At Championship Meet At the recent league championship meet in New Fairfield, Newtown’s Middle School track and field participants had some impressive performances which included two league record-setting effor...

The Fed Isn’t Federal Anymore To the Editor: Why hasn’t Congressman Chris Murphy supported Ron Paul’s bill HR 1207? Why haven’t the people of Newtown pressured him to do so? He works for us, not the oth...