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Lobster Season! The Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company will present its annual Lobster Fest, the company’s largest fundraiser of the year, Friday, June 6, from 5 to 9 pm, and Saturday, June 7, from 3 to 9 pm. Tickets are $22 in a...

Silent Auction Benefits New Pound To the Editor: A silent auction to benefit “A New Pound for Newtown” culminated on Sunday, May 18, at The Inn at Newtown. Twenty-five fabulous donations from Newtown residents and establishmen...

Volunteers Responsible For Successful Food Drive To the Editor: The Annual Postal Food Drive happens every year on Mother’s Day weekend, and every year we worry about its success. It is the major source of food donation to the Newtown Sa...

Lawmakers Reach Agreement On Housing Bill WASHINGTON — Two powerful senators announced Monday they had reached an agreement for a homeowner rescue package that could help a half-million strapped borrowers get government-backed mortgages. ...

24 Residents Among UConn Graduates STORRS — More than 4,000 undergraduates celebrated commencement at the University of Connecticut on Sunday, May 11, including a number of Newtown and Sandy Hook residents. The following Newtown residents...

FOR 5/9 SHORTIES TWO ICONIC VAN GOGH WORKS WILL OPEN AT YALE ART GALLERY JUNE 15 avv/gs set 4/30 #737685 NEW HAVEN, CONN. — The Yale University Art Gallery will present “Van Gogh’s Cypresses and The Starry Night: V...

What Is Elderhostel? BETHEL — The Bethel Public Library will offer the free program, “What Is Elderhostel?,” at Bethel Senior Center Tuesday, June 3, at 10:30 am. Julian Reitman, an Elderhostel ambassador, will off...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY May 15, Audrey Benson, Age 7 May 26, Stone McIntyre, Age 3 May 26, James A. Flechner, Age 7 May 27, Molly Layda, Age 6       Deadline for the May 30 issue is Tuesday, May 27, at 4 pm. To includ...

New Additions Increases Opportunities At Senior Center By Nancy K. Crevier It may be the best-kept secret in town. While voters were agonizing over the budget and in an uproar over Fairfield Hills issues, a 575-square-foot addition to the Newtown Sen...

Girls’ Lacrosse Highlights Senior Gold Girls At the Longmeadow Jamboree Senior Gold 10 Northhampton, Mass. 4 Senior Gold 6 South Hadley 3 Senior Gold 6 Longmeadow White 3 Senior Gold 6 Agawam 5 The Senior Gold gir...