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Superintendent Looks Back On Her First Year In Newtown By Eliza Hallabeck After one year as school district superintendent of schools, Janet Robinson said last week that in some respects the year has flown by. In others, she said, it has felt long. â...

John Edward Miner, Jr Avid Giants Fan John Edward “Harley” Miner, Jr, 57, of Covington, Va., died January 13. He was born January 20, 1951, in Newark, N.J., a son of John Miner, Sr, and Virginia Hull Miner. Survivors inc...

I thought I was done wishing everyone a Happy New Year, until I realized that this coming Monday, January 26, is the Chinese New Year. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2009 is the year of the ox. Legend has it that people born in this year will have ...

Live Program For Black History Month Elizabeth Keckley is a name not often heard, but she played an important role throughout the Civil War in the White House of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. Newtown Historical Society and C.H. Booth Library will jo...

Open House At Chase Collegiate School WATERBURY — Chase Collegiate School, an independent day school for prekindergarten through grade 12, will hold an open house Sunday, January 25, from 1 to 3 pm. The 47-acre campus is at 565 Chase Park...

In A Stormy Financial Climate— Piecing Together A Financially Secure Future By Nancy K. Crevier Once upon a time, in a land that stretched from sea to sea, people dished out money on a whim, indulged in lavish vacations, shopped till the...

Borough Historic District Welcomes New Properties By Nancy K. Crevier Newtown Borough Historic District Chairperson Stephanie Gaston said Tuesday, January 20, that the Board of Burgesses was pleased to have recently added two key pieces of property t...

What It Means When Code Red Comes Calling By Nancy K. Crevier Code Red is the townwide emergency warning system that calls registered telephones and provides a recorded message about the emergency situation, as well as conveying where shelter and as...

Homes Needed For Pets At Animal Control The following dogs and cats are available for adoption from the Newtown pound, which is located at the end of Ethan Allen Road (behind the transfer station): CHEVY is a 5-year-old male American Pit Bull Ter...