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State Board Of Ed Backs Stricter Requirements HARTFORD — Graduating from Connecticut high schools will be a bit tougher in a few years under stricter requirements endorsed by the state board of education and announced on December 5. The ...

Rep Hovey: Close Loophole On Sex Offenders State Representative DebraLee Hovey (R-Monroe, Newtown) has announced she will propose legislation to prevent municipalities from allowing registered sex offenders to work at election polls located in school...

MONDAY, December 17 IncrEdibles: Waffles, syrup, Sausage Whipped topping Strawberry topping, Peaches Cinnamon apples , Milk   TUESDAY, December 18 IncrEdibles: Cheese ravioli with marinara sauce Garlic bread, Caesar salad C...

Ring In The New Year At Wadsworth Mansion MIDDLETOWN  — The Friends of Long Hill Estate and the Long Hill Estate Authority will host their ninth Annual New Year’s Day Open House on Tuesday, January 1, from 1 to 4 pm. The prog...

Green Gift Fair At NHS The Newtown High School Ecology Club will sponsor a Green Gift Fair at the high school this weekend. Environmentally friendly gifts, vendors and children’s activities will all be available on Saturday, December 15...

‘Messiah’ With Chorus & Orchestra, Dec. 14 DANBURY — Danbury Music Centre will present its annual performance of Messiah, the oratorio by Georg Frederick Handel, on Friday, December 14, at 7:30 pm. The special even...

Not Afraid Of Herb Rosenthal To the Editor: In response to last week’s letter written by Herb Rosenthal, if he thinks I am afraid of him, his ego is even bigger than I thought. If he thinks I am a coward for writing letters to the editor ...

By Kim J. Harmon   The 2007-08 season officially opened for Newtown High School last week with the first two games of the girls’ basketball season, but this week – in spite of the weather – the whole darned s...

Shepaug Bald Eagle Observation Area Preparing For December 26 Public Opening SOUTHBURY — Reservations are being taken now for The Shepaug Bald Eagle Observation Area in Southbury, which will open for its 23rd season on December 26. The Ob...

Riley Wurtz poured in 23 points on 7-of-8 shooting from beyond the three-point arc to lead the Newtown eighth-grade girls travel basketball team to an easy 50-37 win over Norwalk last week. In In-House action last weekend, Cassie Ekstrom canned 18 po...