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Updated: Apr 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Newtown’s biggest celebration of the arts is back — 2026 marks the 13th year of Newtown Arts Festival.
The three-day event is set for September 18-20 on the grounds of Fairfield Hills.
Festival Volunteer Coordinator Alexa Skalandunas is actively recr...
Updated: Apr 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
On Saturday, April 4, Newtown Conservation Commission will host an informative program on rodenticides, “Think Outside the Bait Box.”
The commission hopes to bring awareness of the harm caused by rodenticide anticoagulant pesticides used in bait boxe...
Published: Mar 28, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Not all players or coaches get the chance to participate in a title game. Jessica Lynch has had the opportunity in both capacities on the basketball court — once as a player and twice in a coaching role. Lynch was a 2012 Newtown High School standout ...
Published: Mar 28, 2026 at 07:00 AM
"How far would you go for freedom?"
Newtown Historical Society presented this question as part of a fascinating lecture and dramatic performance about Jordan Freeman, an African American who fought against the British in Connecticut, on Saturday, Mar...
Published: Mar 28, 2026 at 07:00 AM
On Friday, March 13, Catherine Violet Hubbard (CVH) Animal Sanctuary sponsored “Woodcock Walk” on the grounds of the animal sanctuary, 8 Commerce Road. Laura King, program director of Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, welcomed the group at t...
Published: Mar 28, 2026 at 06:55 AM
Newtown's grade six Gold Nighthawks won the New England Championship for the second year in a row, capturing the title in a prestigious tournament that brings together top teams from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode I...
Published: Mar 28, 2026 at 06:50 AM
Newtown's grade six Gold girls' basketball team competed in the New England Regional Tournament (Gold Bracket) this past weekend in Tiverton, R.I. After finishing third last year, Newtown entered the tournament determined to capture its first regiona...
Published: Mar 27, 2026 at 04:00 PM
March 30, 2001
EDITORIAL INK DROPS — A TEST WITH NO USEFUL PURPOSE: For the second year in a row, state lawmakers are considering a proposal to require high school seniors to take an exit exam before graduating from high school. The exam, which ...
Updated: Mar 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Barbara Booker was born on October 19, 1926, in New Castle, N.H. She moved as a young girl to Sandy Hook, as her father Stephen Wargo was from Norwalk.
Her mother Jessie Maloon Wargo passed away while they lived at 100 Church Hill Road in Sandy Hook ...
Updated: Mar 27, 2026 at 09:05 AM
The work of Newtown artists Linda Parsloe, fused glass; Roberta Ahuja, pottery; and Neil Bittner, silkscreen, is on exhibit at Gallery 25 on Railroad Street in New Milford through April 12. Thank you to the little birdie who made sure I knew about th...
