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Updated: Mar 20, 2025 at 08:05 AM
The Board of Finance cut $1,071,806 from the proposed town budget and $900,000 from the proposed school budget at its final budget meeting for the year on March 5.
The proposed budget now totals $49,866,665 for the town and $91,744,644 for the school...
Updated: Mar 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ralph Benjamin Savarese of Newtown passed away on Friday, March 7, surrounded by his loving family after a valiant five-year battle with cancer. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, cousin, and uncle. He was 82 years old.
Ralph was...
Updated: Mar 19, 2025 at 09:39 AM
Richard H. Allaire passed peacefully into eternal life on March 14 at the age of 91.
He was the beloved husband of Mary, proud father of Kenneth (dec) and Jon, loving grandfather to Kencito (dec), Magdiel and Henry. Richard also leaves behind a siste...
Published: Mar 19, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Nickname: Tony
Family: Mom, dad and a brother.
Pets: A husky, Sasuke. His name was inspired by an animated character. It’s pronounced “sas-KAY.”
How long have you lived in Newtown? Since 2005.
Where do you work? Right now I’m a co...
Published: Mar 18, 2025 at 07:15 AM
The trickle-down effect of some of President Trump’s first actions after returning to office two months ago has reached Newtown.
Soon after his swearing in on January 20, Trump halted the resettlement of refugees from overseas indefinitely as part of...
Published: Mar 18, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Friends Of Newtown Seniors (FONS) has received a grant from the state’s affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to put toward expenses for a pivotal One Town One Read program tied in to the recently launched “Timeless Newtown” se...
Published: Mar 18, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, along with Yale Peabody Museum, The Maritime Aquarium, and Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, hosted three different FrogWatch USA training events. All training events were free, fun, educational, and engaging.
Fr...
Published: Mar 18, 2025 at 07:00 AM
The next film in Newtown Congregational Church’s Thoughtful Film series will be the award-winning 2019 documentary Waging Change.
The screening is planned at the church, 14 West Street, on Friday, April 4. An optional sandwich dinner will be served a...
Published: Mar 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Deanna Leigh Johnson, born July 2, 1996, in Bridgeport to Dean Johnson Jr and Trina Cain, died March 15, 2025.
Deanna can only be described as beautiful chaos. She came at you with the intensity of a hurricane. Her laugh was infectious.
Deanna loved ...
Published: Mar 17, 2025 at 08:00 AM
Wednesday, March 5: 8:29 pm, wires burning/arcing, 63 Castle Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded.
Thursday, March 6: 9:39 am, fire alarm, 225 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded.
Friday, March 7: 6:52 am, CO alarm, 5 Skidmore...
