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Holiday Closings All town offices will be closed on Thursday, November 27, and Friday, November 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The transfer station at the former landfill on Ethan Allen Road will be closed both days; it will reopen o...

Captain John P. Jones, Jr Formerly Of Newtown Captain John P. “J.P.” Jones, Jr, retired Pan Am pilot, died October 29 at his home in Altamonte Springs, Fla.  Capt Jones and his wife, Betty, raised their children in Newt...

* * * In order to comply with state mandated correction of fire code violations, phase II, the Newtown Board of Education is recommending to the Legislative Council the funding of $1,275,322. The work in Phase II, originally cited by...

Schoolwide Competition Collects Food By Eliza Hallabeck Roughly 3,500 items of food were collected by Reed Intermediate School students during three weeks of a competition to collect food to donate to the Salvation Army Food Pantry, located at Town H...

Skate Night A Success To the Editor: Many thanks to all the people who made the Skate Night at Danbury Ice Rink that was sponsored by the Newtown Middle School PTA a huge success. We were overwhelmed with support for this event that benefited the Bre...

For police reports Crosswalk Sign While driving a marked Ford Crown Victoria police patrol car northward on Main Street in front of Edmond Town Hall about 6:14 am November 15, police Officer Matthew Wood was looking at two parked vehicles there,...

The Ram Pasture’s Dirty Denizens To the Editor: The pollution of the pond and the brook at Ram Pasture comes from a very obvious source. Our neighbors from the North who, one year, on their way flying south for the winter to escape the co...

Officials, Consultants Urge School Bd. To Act On NHS Expansion Options By John Voket It was Thanksgiving week, and a growing contingent of public officials and contractors working for the town under the direction of the Board of Education are urging...

Grand Jury Indicts Prisoner In Anthrax Hoax NEW HAVEN — A federal grand jury has indicted a man who allegedly mailed two anthrax hoax letters to federal agencies last summer while he was imprisoned at Garner Correctional Institution in N...

Like Any Other Couple To the Editor: It was very happy to read about the issuance of a marriage license to Aimee and Natalia Smith-Wallach. I am very proud of our state being among the first in the union to formally recognize that marriage (and the r...