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Fire Marshal Urges Caution With Wood-Burning Heat Sources By Andrew Gorosko With the advent of winter weather, Fire Marshal Bill Halstead is reminding residents about the fire safety dangers posed by the use of alternate heating sources that burn w...

Lights Out For Novelty Lighters In New London NEW LONDON (AP) — It’s lights out for novelty cigarette lighters in New London. The City Council approved an ordinance this week banning retailers within city limits from selling ...

24th Annual Tree Lighting Memorials While the 2008 Tree Lighting Celebration at Ram Pasture is now part of history, the annual fundraising drive to cover some of the costs the 24th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and luminaria display that were present...

A Love/Hate Relationship With Bambi To the Editor: I have noticed a lot of letters to the editor this past week concerning deer... headlines like “we must” or “won’t solve the problem” or â...

Liquid Thrown Onto Correction Officer Under Analysis State police report an incident on December 6 at the state’s high-security Garner Correctional Institution on Nunnawauk Road, which is under investigation. State police said that Garner...

Chinese Performing Arts Show At NHS  The Western Connecticut Chinese-American Performing Arts Association will offer a free Chinese Performing Arts Show at Newtown High School this weekend. The performance will consist of traditional Chinese choreo...

More Hunting, More Accidents To the Editor: I originally moved to Newtown because I thought it would be a safe place to raise my family. Now I am scared... scared because Newtown is thinking about a proposal to increase deer hunting. As you know, mor...

Cemetery Association Considering Ram Pasture Environmental Issues By Andrew Gorosko Board members of the Newtown Village Cemetery Association, Inc, met recently to discuss town wetlands officials’ urgings that the association modify its t...

Living With Deer To the Editor: My whole life, I’ve lived with a mom who loved to garden. Although I wasn’t particularly interested in it, I always enjoyed seeing all our plants in full bloom. However, living in Connecticut ha...