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Scholarships Available The Newtown High School Career Center publicizes all scholarships of which it is notified. A few of the scholarships, typically national ones, request that money be enclosed with the application. The Career Center believes that...

DUI Arrest At about 1:20 am on December 7, a state Department of Transportation (DOT) crew called police to alert them of a vehicle that was stopped with its engine running in the westbound travel lane of Route 34 (Berkshire Road) near the Misty...

Girls’ Basketball— Speedy Hawks Will Look To Push The Floor By Andy Hutchison At a recent preseason practice, coach Shawn O’Brien had his Newtown High School girls’ basketball players going quickly from...

Newtown Support Groups Friday, December 12        AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion. Saturday, December 13       Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (Mons...

Armed With Facts, Not Weapons To the Editor: I would like to express my profound disappointment in the discussions in favor of implementing deer culls in Newtown as an attempt to decrease the instances of Lyme disease. I know many people affected by ...

Reasons Against Culling Deer To the Editor: I live in a town in northern Dutchess County that is close to the Connecticut border, and we too have a Lyme disease problem, so I sympathize with the concerns of some citizens in Newtown. But I assure you ...

LUNCH MENU WEEK OF December 15 – 19     reed intermediate school   MONDAY, DECEMBER 15 IncrEdibles: French toast sticks Syrup Sausage Hash brown patty Fruit selection Milk   TUESDAY, D...

The announcement on page C-7 this week has the incorrect day for the St Rose Living Nativity. The presentation will take place on Saturday, December 20.

Officials Call For Zero-Tax-Increase Budget By John Voket A consensus among members of the Newtown Boards of Finance and Selectmen point to a 2009 municipal budget strategy that will deliver a zero sum tax increase. But several town leaders, includi...

Will A Military Base Seek Land In Newtown? By Kendra Bobowick Is a military base coming to Newtown? First Selectman Joe Borst still does not have an answer. Most recently the first selectman had asked the Commissions of Economic Development and Conse...