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New Rule For Health Providers Stirs Objections WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The Bush administration, in its final days, issued a federal rule Thursday reinforcing protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate ...

Walls Reveal Words From The Past By Nancy K. Crevier When Matt Anderson started major renovations last year on his 1893 house in Ridgefield, he expected to find a few antique tools left behind, and maybe an autograph or two on the studs when the wall...

Newtown Support Groups Friday, December 26        AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion. Saturday, December 27      Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (Monsig...

Senate GOP Leadership, Committee Assignments Posted HARTFORD — State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney (R-Fairfield) and State Senate Minority Leader Pro Tempore Len Fasano (R-North Haven) announced leadership positions and committee a...

Corrections Due to an editing error, a comment from Public Works Director Fred Hurley in a Newtown Bee report about flooding at Bridgeport Hall was paraphrased inaccurately. The December 19 story originally stated: Mr Hurley admitted the several inch...

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.   —Benjamin Franklin Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve.  Middle age is whe...

Milk Truck Trucker C.S. Johnson, 30, of Middletown, N.Y., was driving a loaded 2001 Sterling box-style delivery truck for Byrnes Dairy, Inc, of Syracuse, N.Y., westward on Toddy Hill Road, near its intersection Button Shop Road, about 6:30 am Decembe...

Town Clerk Aiming For Website FOIA Conformity By Jan By John Voket Newtown Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia is close to having the municipality’s website in conformity with newly enacted aspects of the state Freedom of Information Act, which too...