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NFT Supports The Budget To the Editor: The Executive Council of the Newtown Federation of Teachers voted unanimously on April 7 to support the 2009-2010 town budget. Although we are disappointed with the proposed funding, we are compelled to support ...

One In Five Medicare Patients Readmitted Within Month NEW YORK City (AP) — One in five Medicare patients end up back in the hospital within a month of discharge, a large study found, and that practice costs billions of dollars a year. The...

Dere Street— Newtown Entrepreneur Builds A Business On A Better Scone By Nancy K. Crevier You have probably sunk your teeth into a Dere Street scone more than once and not known it. The all natural, all butter, traditional English tea sco...

Boys’ Track Team Strives To Continue Winning Ways By Andy Hutchison For the past several seasons, Newtown High School’s boys track and field team has had double-digit regular season win success. Coach Ed Obloj is hopeful that ...

The Sandy Hook Ladies Auxiliary will host its annual Easter Flower Sale this weekend at the main station for Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company. Members of the auxiliary will have potted plants and hanging baskets available for purchase on Fr...

Girls’ Tennis Team Hopes Youth Serves It Well By Andy Hutchison The fact that there are no seniors on the roster is a good news/bad news scenario for the Newtown High School girls’ tennis team. The Nighthawks — up ...

Reinstate Animal Control Officer To the Editor: You don’t have to be as smart as a Border Collie to figure out that First Selectman Joe Borst’s decision to fire our animal control officer was ill-advised. We have lost an excel...

Support For MTM To the Editor: I am writing to show my support for our bus drivers, both those of MTM and our owner/operators. The recent bidding of MTM bus routes requires a decision by the Board of Education: will MTM continue its service or will t...

Animal Control Officer Will Fight Her Firing By Kendra Bobowick They love her and want her back. After learning that First Selectman Joe Borst had fired Animal Control Officer Carolee Mason effective April 1, her supporters, including her mother, son...

Justification For Firing Better Be A Good One To the Editor: We were dismayed to read that Carolee Lee Mason, the best animal control officer we have had in this town for years, has been fired. We do understand that the reasons cannot be published a...