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Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Tech Park Strikes A Conservation Nerve
By Kendra Bobowick
Holding a photograph of a scenic, rippling landscape as it appears from Queen Street and looking past a red wooden barn toward hills forming a far horizon, Conservation Commission member Pat B...
Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Divert The Private Sector
Away From Fairfield Hills
To the Editor:
The next time you take a trip to the center of town, detour to Fairfield Hills and drive to the back of the campus. There you will observe the ongoing project to construct the Newtow...
Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Commentary—
Wow! What A Charter School!
By Marian Wright Edelman
One of the greatest life changers is a college education. For so many young people, college is a vehicle that allows them to reinvent themselves in the image of their own dr...
Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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Some people are saying Newtown has gone to the dogs. No less an authority than Canine Enforcement Officer Helen Reid is saying the problem with roaming dogs “is crazy.” While the same dogs roam both wint...
Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
BAHA’I FAITH OF NEWTOWN
Contact Margo Deselin
241-5525; WintonFarms@aol.com
Devotional meetings; spiritual discussion meetings; discussions of social issues from a spiritual perspective. The meetings are held at various locations in Newto...
Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Study Suggests Antibiotics Are Overused
CHICAGO (AP) — A woman dying of Alzheimer’s has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in...
Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Madeline I. Boucher
A Song In Her Heart
Madeline I. Boucher, 94, of Newtown, died February 20 at Ashlar of Newtown. Mrs Boucher was the wife of the late Thomas K. Boucher. She was born in Bridgeport, April 24, 1913, a daughter of Charles and Jos...
Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Family Event
*Drumming About You is a free, hands-on, participatory event that is accessible to all ages, and is inclusive of elders and people of challenge. It will be held Saturday, March 15, at 1 pm, at NYFS. A beautiful array of drums and percuss...
Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Girls’ Babe Ruth Softball Readies For Spring
Winter’s grip may still be strong, but for Newtown parents, it is never too early to start thinking about spring activities. For girls ages 6 to 16, the Newtown Babe Ruth Softball L...
Published: Feb 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Lions Club Slates Fundraising Auction
Representatives from Holbrook, N.Y.-based AJ Ross Auctions will be in Newtown on Friday, March 14, for a live auction of fine art, sports memorabilia, music memorabilia and more. The auction will be in the gymnas...