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Grete Ellen (Hansen) Dainiak Newtown Resident For 60 Years Grete Ellen (Hansen) Dainiak, 81, of East Hampton, widow of John Dainiak, died March 23. Born August 5, 1927, in Greenwich, she was the daughter of Johan and Lily (Rassmusen) Hanse...

When Q And U Go Walking By Eliza Hallabeck “Q and U are getting married,” members of Randi Rote and Evelyn Sanford’s kindergarten class at Wesley Learning Center said on Wednesday, March 4. Ms Rote then asked the s...

Kent Singers To Present ‘Of Music & Nature’ KENT — Kent Singers will celebrate spring with a concert called “Of Music and Nature” on Saturday, April 4, at 8 pm, at St. Andrew’s ...

USPS Urged To Expedite Hawleyville PO Relocation By Nancy K. Crevier At the March 5 public forum hosted by the United States Postal Service to clarify the process for relocating or renovating the Hawleyville Post Office, temporarily closed as of Feb...

Sticking Together Through An Extended Budget Process To the Editor: These are difficult times in Newtown and elsewhere, and I agree with town leaders and taxpayers that the proposed 2009-2010 budget must be very, very lean. Yet the proposed budget t...

Bryan Adams Solo: Straight From The Heart By John Voket You would be hard pressed to find anyone who did not spend the last 20 years in a deep cave, who hasn’t heard of Canadian hitmeister Bryan Adams. Even if the name doesn’t...

Commentary— Media Blackout On Single-Payer Health Care By Isabel MacDonald Major newspaper, broadcast and cable stories rarely mention the idea of a single-payer national health insurance program, according to a new FAIR study. And advoca...

Annual Cemetery Cleanup The Village Cemetery Association has announced that it will be removing all decorations from the stones in the cemetery after March 27. Anyone who wishes to save planters and other items placed in the cemetery should remove t...

Bonanza Book Sale WOODBURY — On Saturday, April 4, the Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Society will host its annual bonanza book sael to benefit the congregation. Hours will be 9 am to 3 pm. MUUS is at 122 South Pomperaug Avenue. Books a...

Filing Tax Returns On Home Computers Up 20 Percent WASHINGTON, D.C. — Taxpayers are e-filing their Federal income tax returns from their home computers in record numbers this year the IRS announced today. As of March 6, more than 18 milli...