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Illusionist At NHS Sunday The NHS Peer Leadership will host a performance by an illusionist on Sunday, January 18, in the high school’s auditorium, 12 Berkshire Road. Admission is $5 for most, free for those ages 10 and under.

Grant Boosts Open Space Efforts By Kendra Bobowick It is not too soon to think of spring sunshine squeezing through a tree cover and tossing shards of bright light onto the shadier forest floor; trillium and ladies slippers bow close to the ground. ...

Moody’s Expected To Render Bond Rating Decision By Next Week By John Voket It is a scenario fraught with clichés: fingers are crossed, hopes are high, and everyone is waiting for the other shoe to drop. Following a trip to New York Decem...

Trichert Gallery Will Celebrate Anniversary Year With Retrospectives LITCHFIELD — On Saturday, January 24, the Marie Louise Trichet Gallery at Wisdom House will open the first of three retrospectives in celebration of its 15th anniversar...

BAHA’I FAITH OF NEWTOWN Contact Margo Deselin 241-5525; WintonFarms@aol.com Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; discussions of social issues from a spiritual perspective. The meetings are held at various locations in Newto...

For police reports Burglary/Larceny Police report that sometime on January 8, someone illegally entered an unspecified home on Clearview Drive and stole items from the premises. Clearview Drive is a loop road that intersects with Toddy Hill Road...

Hawks Come Back, Press Out Dramatic Win At Barlow By Andy Hutchison REDDING — Trailing by 11 points with five minutes to play, Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team dug in its proverbial heels, forced five tu...

Emma Elizabeth Gulla Davis Beloved Mother Emma Elizabeth (Gulla) Davis, 95, of Danbury, died January 7. She was the wife of Hubert A. Davis. Mrs Davis was born in Bridgeport, January 3, 1914, daughter of George and Susanna (Mindzora) Gulla. Sur...

Nourishments— Making Plenty Out Of Less By Nancy K. Crevie In the folk tale “Stone Soup,” a soldier or traveler, depending on which version you are reading, enters an impoverished village seeking food and shelter. ...

Correction The Newtown High hockey team qualified for the state’s Division III playoffs in the 2006-07 season. It was incorrectly reported in last week’s paper that the team last made the state postseason in the 2003 season. T...