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How would you describe your occupation? I’m retired, now I work for free. I’ve been with Newtown Ambulance for over 25 years, I’m an EMT, I’m an EMS-I, I’m an instructor, I used to run all the classes. I do training. You meet a lot of good people, li...

SOUTHBURY — John Robert “Bob” Barna Sr, was born on December 20, 1932, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Stephen Edward and Julia (Hrapsky) Barna. When Bob was ten years old, his family moved to Newtown, Connecticut, where he would attend Sandy Hook/New...

Gerald M. LaReau, age 85, of Waterbury, entered into rest on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury. He was born in Bridgeport on January 5, 1938 son of the late Wilfred and Mary (Morris) LaReau and was a longtime Newtown resident be...

April showers outside didn’t dampen spirits inside Newtown Congregational Church, which hosted dozens eager to learn about Newtown’s local kickoff of the Homegrown National Park initiative. The well-attended community-building event April 29 was pres...

A donation from Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) of Newtown to the town’s Parks & Recreation Department will help at least one child attend Summer Day Camp this approaching season. VNA Newtown President Mary Tietjen and Treasurer Alice Falkowitz vis...

Thomas Michael Adams, also known as Tommy, passed away on May 5, 2023, at the age of 76, at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn., after a short but aggressive illness. He was born on May 9, 1946, in Bridgeport, Conn., to Casper and Eleanor Adams. Tommy...

The Board of Education meeting on May 2 drew a crowd that overflowed from the Council Chambers into the halls of the Municipal Center. Most of them were presumably there to hear more about possible school board action on challenged books. What they g...

Evelyn Ann (Donlon) Pennington, 85, of Wake Forest, N.C., passed away peacefully at home on April 27, 2023. The daughter of the late Michael and Anna (Garrett) Donlon, Evelyn was born on August 7, 1937, in Bridgeport, Conn. She grew up in Newtown and...

Governor Ned Lamont Sunday evening announced that — in accordance with a proclamation from President Joseph R. Biden, Jr directing flags to be lowered throughout the country as a mark of solemn respect for the victims of the mass shooting in Allen, T...

Wednesday, April 26: 8:12 am, medical assistance, Interstate 84 westbound exit 11 on-ramp, Sandy Hook responded; and 5:17 pm, fire alarm, 4 Short Hill Road, Botsford responded. Thursday, April 27: 12:52 pm, structure fire — residential, 23 Po...