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Chamber Event Will Have Golden Glow Golden Glow Tanning and Spa is hosting an open house for the Chamber of Commerce of Newtown, Thursday, April 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, at its spa, 71 South Main Street.  Along with a networking reception with th...

Getting A Taste Of Hunger: Fasting To Fight Famine By Shannon Hicks Six hundred teenagers across Fairfield County purposely went without food for 30 hours last weekend. The teens were joining nearly 500,000 other young adults across the country who w...

Irmgard E. Fuchs Longtime Hawleyville Resident Irmgrad “Inga” E. Fuchs, 69, beloved wife of Frank Joseph Fuchs of the Hawleyville section of Newtown, died April 7 in Bethel Health Care Center. Mrs Fuchs was born in German...

Newtown Support Groups Friday, April 11        AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion. Saturday, April 12       Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (Monsignor ...

Playing With Fire: Botsford FD At Burn Drill In Danbury DANBURY — The Danbury Fire Department Training Grounds recently became available for use by area fire departments for various firefighting training scenarios. The City of Danbury bu...

Softball Team Packs Bags For Disney World By Andy Hutchison Mickey, Minnie, Goofy...and the Night- hawks? Like Super Bowl Champions, members of the Newtown High School softball team have had the pleasure of saying “we’re goin...

‘Tempest’ Auditions Town Players of Newtown will host auditions Monday and Tuesday, April 14-15 for William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Auditions will run from 7 to 9:30 pm each night. Director Ruth Anne Baumgartner...

A High Honor For Pack 570 To the Editor: Congratulations to St Rose of Lima Pack 570, which has been given one of the highest scouting honors: The 2007 Medallion Unit National Winner. Pack 570 was the only pack recognized in New England for our commi...

New Track Program For Young Runners A new intermediate/middle School track program is underway for boys and girls in grades 4-8. The program will include track events ranging from the 100 meter dash to the 3200 meter run, including the 100 meter hur...