Hornsby Bringing Noisemakers Back To Ridgefield
By John Voket
On any given night up until just a few weeks ago you may have found Bruce Hornsby, the lanky piano man from Virginia, drilling deeply into a 20-minute Miles Davis jazz improvisation backed...
Church Fair Vendors Wanted
Vendor space is still available for the Newtown Congregational Church Fair being planned for Saturday, September 20.
The fair will include vendors selling art, jewelry, photography, prints, gift items, and a variety of bout...
NMS Student Charged With Bomb Threats
By Andrew Gorosko
Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy on two criminal charges for allegedly having made two bomb threats at Newtown Middle School school last May, while he was an eighth grader there.
Police sa...
Judge Allows
Priest To Delay Prison Term
 NEW HAVEN (AP) — A federal judge has granted a Darien priest, convicted of embezzling more than $1 million from his parish, a fifth delay in starting his three-year prison sentence.
The Reveren...
When First Selectman Joe Borst signed his name to a memorandum of understanding with the state’s Clean Energy Fund, committing the town to being a Connecticut Clean Energy Community, one could be excused for writing off the event as yet a...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
August 4, Max Hubner, Age 8
August 5, Sara Beth Fernandes, Age 2
August 8, Amanda Conrod, Age 6
August 11, Greta Capeci, Age 8
August 14, Anna Pearl Morosky,
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Bombers Reach Bronze Medal Game
Newtown Bombers U10 baseball team placed fourth among nine teams in the Nutmeg State Games, falling to the Danbury Blast All-Stars 10-5 in the bronze medal game.
The Bombers had lost 10-8 to the New Milford Express, d...
Newtown Raiders Are Summer League Champions
The Newtown Raiders, the 10-year-old B travel team won the Route 84 Summer Baseball League championship on Wednesday evening.
The Route 84 League consists of teams from 16 towns in Fairfield and New Haven ...
Newtown: The New Tinsel Town?
By Nancy K. Crevier
After several rewrites this spring, the script by young Dom D’Andrea needed only final tweaking. Actors, crew members, and director Doug MacHugh of Newtown gathered in the cul-de-sac at Ha...