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How Old Is Too Old to Drive? FARMINGTON — How does aging affect ability to drive? What are the signs that it is no longer safe to get behind the wheel? What if an elderly parent or sibling who no longer should be driving refuses to stop? ...

Friday, December 26   BOXING DAY KWANZAA BEGINS Sunday, December 28 8th Annual Concert Society Chamber Orchestra Holiday Concert, 8 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, tickets $30 (must be purchased or reserved in advance; n...

Are You Covered?— Frequent Questions Answered About Insuring For Holiday Mishaps HARTFORD ­— Holiday season mishaps might be humorous in movies like National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story. The...

Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more...

Green Team Gets T-Shirts By Eliza Hallabeck Students on the Middle Gate School Green Team wore T-shirts to show their membership in the group for the first time Thursday, December 18. The Green Team is a group of 15 students in the fourth grade that ...

*HAT CITY BLUES BAND will be at Kicking Horse Grill this weekend, playing a 10 pm show at 17 Pease Avenue in Southport (203-254-1600). The local blues band will continue the holiday season celebration with they return to the Kicking Horse (formerly k...

Fire Kills Chickens, Destroys Coop On Main Street By Andrew Gorosko Firefighters from Newtown Hook & Ladder, Hawleyville, and Sandy Hook responded to the report of a structure fire at 15 Main Street at 6:02 pm Saturday, December 20. On arriving, fir...

Deer Culling Does Not Reduce Lyme Infection To the Editor: Issues of deer wildlife control remain unresolved with many residents in the affected communities. Current proposals by a consortium of towns in Fairfield County involve a “quick...

On The Courts — Youth Basketball Results Grades 2-3 Midget Girls The Yellow Jackets took on the Junior Mints and were led on offense by Julia Haskins and Jaclin Gouveia and on defense by Caroline Stubbs and Abby Pereira. For the Mint...