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Chamber, Rotary To Co-Host Event The Newtown Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Newtown will host a joint networking meeting on Monday, March 3, from 6 to 8 pm, at the Inn at Newtown, 19 Main Street. These groups strive to meet at least once...

Health Director Calls For ‘Tiered’ Effort Against Lyme By John Voket The Newtown Health District director has called for a meeting with First Selectman Joseph Borst to clarify issues related to tick-borne Lyme disease followin...

The Challenge Of Health Care Reform This week we saw an example of why meaningful health care reform will be so difficult to achieve, no matter who is elected in November. On Tuesday, the state legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Comm...

‘Passports In The Afternoon’ In Hawleyville Recent changes in federal law require that any person traveling to destinations outside the United States — including Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and the Caribbean â€&#...

Fly Fishing Safari DERBY — Spring is coming and with it comes opening day for trout. Hundreds of trout are being stocked in rivers, ponds, and streams around the state. Prepare for the season by joining John Turecek as he leads a slidesho...

Lenora M. Polstein Cherished Her Family Lenora M. Polstein, 95, of Southbury, and formerly of West Hartford, died February 24 at Kensington Green in Southbury. She was the wife of the late Harry N. Polstein, her beloved husband of 66 years. Mrs...

Standardized Testing To Begin Next Week By Martha Coville Standardized testing scheduled by the State Board of Education will begin next week in Newtown schools. Students in grades three through eighth will take the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT), an...

FEBRUARY GEORGE WHITMAN, DRAWN TO NATURE, HARNETT MUSEUM ak/gs set 12/12 #722196 RICHMOND, VA. — “George Whitman: Drawn to Nature,” will open at the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art March 28. More than 40 graphi...

WILTON, CONN. — As I write this, snow is falling outside, our driveway is impassible and though we have had a very mild winter, we long for spring!  I expect that Sunday, March 30 will be a fine spring day! For three decades, the Histori...