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Summer Workshop Cabaret Performance On August 8 at 7 pm at Newtown High School, the students of the Summer Musical Theatre Workshop will perform their first cabaret. As a group, the students have developed the concept of the show: trapped in a museum...

Officials Hope Suit Against Bond Rating Agencies Changes ‘Unfair Practice’ By John Voket Two members of Newtown’s Board of Finance and the town’s finance director are hailing a suit being filed by the S...

Winners Are Named In Annual Horse Guard Show The Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard hosted its annual fund-raising Horse Show this past Sunday, at the 2GHG facility at Fairfield Hills. The show is recognized by the Connecticut Hunter ...

Study: ADHD Increasingly Common In Older Kids ATLANTA, GA. (AP) — More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12, according to a government rep...

Garden Fair Returning To Extension Center Aug. 16 BETHEL — The UConn Fairfield County Master Gardeners and the Connecticut Master Gardener Association will sponsor their 6th Annual Gardening Fair on Saturday, August 16. The event will ru...

*Local musicians will be busy in town and the area the next few weekends. THE DOUG WAHLBERG BAND will headline on Friday, August 8, over at the bandshell on the green in CityCenter Danbury. Doug and crew will perform their rock originals and covers s...

Expert Gardeners Say Plant Diseases Can Be Controlled With Preventative Measures By Nancy K. Crevier It is not just Connecticut residents who have been wilting in the humidity this summer. Calls to the UConn Home and Garden Education Center indicate ...

Car Show & Sock Hop At Ashlar August 9 The Classic Nights Car Club of Monroe will host its Seventh Annual Going Back in Time Classic Car Show and Sock Hop on Saturday, August 9, from 11 am to 2 pm, at Lockwood Lodge at Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hi...

Children’s Programs *Summer Reading: Summer Reading is up and running at the library. This independent reading program is open to children ages 4 through grade 5, and will continue until August 16. Sign up is ongoing throughout the eight-...

From The Classroom To The Laboratory: One NHS Grad Studies Groundwater Contamination By Eliza Hallabeck Maricate Conlon realized her passion for environmental science when she was a student at Newtown High School. Now as she is entering her sophomor...