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* * * Maintaining that it won’t hurt to have children fingerprinted, if this would relieve parents’ fears regarding kidnapping, Chief of Police Louis D. Marchese this week offered free police assistance to PTA...

FFH Streets Will Be Named With A Nod To History By Kendra Bobowick Fairfield Hills Authority members immediately and unanimously agreed with Amy Dent’s suggestions on April 15 about how to rename the streets within the former state hospit...

NHS Honors Top Students By Martha Coville Newtown High School Principal Chip Dumais recently honored the 22 students whose cumulative grade point averages placed them in the top five percent of the class of 2008. At an assembly on April 9, students s...

‘Dancing With Stars’ Gala To Benefit Symphony Orchestra BRIDGEPORT — “Dancing with the GBS Stars!” a festive springtime gala to benefit the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra, will take ...

Commentary— Reducing Fuel Use Increases Job By Carl Pope No wonder Americans are so hungry for change. We are being squeezed by record gas prices that are also driving up the costs of food and anything else that is transported to stores....

Connecticut Poor Pay More Income On Taxes Than Rich NEW HAVEN — In the country’s richest state, the rich must certainly pay a greater share of their income in taxes than their economically disadvantaged counterparts, right? No...

Rummage/Tag Sale At Oxford CC OXFORD — Spring has sprung and it is tag sale season, even for local churches. On Saturday, May 3, Oxford Congregational Church will host a rummage/tag sale from 10 am to 3 pm. The church is at 3 Academy Lane...

Thanks For The Cleanup To the Editor: Just a short note to thank the individuals who picked up the trash on Great Quarter Road this past weekend (Earth Day outing). As we used to say in the Navy, “Bravo Zulu” (outstanding) â&#...

Youth Football Camps / Cheerleading Newtown Youth Football Camp Newtown’s Youth Football Camp will be held July 28 through August 1 from 9 am to noon each day. Newtown High School Head Coach  Steve George and his staff will run the ...

No Surge In Food-Borne Illness In 2007 ATLANTA (AP) — Americans did not suffer more food poisoning last year despite high-profile outbreaks involving peanut butter, pot pies, and other foods. But it is not getting better, either. Although...