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* * * After an extensive search and many interviews, the Newtown Schools have a supervisor of buildings and grounds. Mr Bernard Mazako assumed the position January 12, after his candidacy was approved at the Board of Education meetin...

Danbury Magnet School Accepting Applications Western Connecticut Academy for International Studies Magnet School is now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 school year. Applications are available at local boards of education and online at www.da...

Antiques Shows______ Jan 27: 42nd annual Tolland Antiques Show, Tolland High School, Old Cathole Rd, Tolland, 10 am-4 pm (early buying 8:30 am, adm $15), regular donation/adm $5, 65 exhibitors, presented by & benefit for Tolland Historical Soci...

Bridgeport Hall Ready For Renovations By Kendra Bobowick They found more asbestos than they expected buried in the walls and under concrete, but remediation work and spot demolition at Bridgeport Hall is nearly complete. “We’...

STOLEN MICKEY MOUSE WATERCOLORS RECOVERED 17 YEARS AFTER THEFT AVV 1-9 #725168 RYE BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Police say two valuable watercolors of Mickey Mouse have been recovered nearly two decades after they were stolen from a cartoon museum ...

HSO Will Celebrate The Legacy Of Dr Martin Luther King With Concert & Dinner Event Hartford Symphony Orchestra will present its ninth annual “I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Celebration” concert on Saturday, January 19, at...

Police List December Traffic Enforcement Stats The police department has submitted to the Police Commission the December activity report for its traffic enforcement unit. The traffic squad is operating on a provisional basis, with a formal traffic un...

Betty B. McAllister Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Aunt, and Friend Betty B. McAllister, 84, of Walnut Tree Village in Sandy Hook, died December 28 while receiving hospice care for colon cancer at her son’s home in Glastonbury. She wa...

Giving Newtown What It Wants As observers of community life, we employ a number of useful tools to discern the mood of Newtown at any given moment. Elections and referendum votes allow us to indirectly interpret what townspeople are thinking by exami...

Mozelle Lacy Robertson Quintessential Southern Gentlewoman Mozelle Lacy Robertson, 93, of the Sandy Hook section of Newtown, died peacefully January 6 at home surrounded by her family and close friends. Mrs Robertson was born in Toccoa, Ga., on ...