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Published: Feb 18, 2023 at 08:00 AM
Fairfield County’s largest annual giving event is quickly approaching.
On Thursday, February 23, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF) will celebrate its final Giving Day, closing the chapter on ten years of success with 24-hour virtual fund...
Published: Feb 17, 2023 at 09:24 AM
Many entities will be affected by Presidents’ Day, a federal holiday, on Monday, February 20.
All Newtown town offices will be closed.
The transfer station on Ethan Allen Road, usually only available for contractors on Mondays, will be closed.
C.H. B...
Updated: Mar 01, 2023 at 03:52 PM
The halls were buzzing with excitement as elementary school classrooms at St Rose of Lima emptied for the Presidents and First Ladies Parade on February 15.
The first grade classroom was in an optimal position at the end of the hall, ensuring the fou...
Published: Feb 17, 2023 at 07:00 AM
A second extension on a contract by Teton Capital Company, LLC to purchase 14 acres at 6 Commerce Road has been conditioned on an application coming before the town’s land use agency.
The sale of the property for $3.1 million, which was received from...
Updated: Feb 18, 2023 at 03:49 PM
A late-game turnaround — highlighted by key 3-pointers, defensive stands, and clutch free throws — enabled the host Newtown High School girls’ basketball team to come from behind and nip the New Milford Green Wave 43-42 in a regular-season finale wit...
Published: Feb 17, 2023 at 06:50 AM
Competing for one of the South-West Conference Tournament’s top spots, Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team picked up a big win on the road, defeating New Milford 58-56 in overtime on February 14.
The Green Wave led 29-25 at the half. Newtown ...
Updated: Feb 17, 2023 at 03:26 PM
February 20, 1998
By mid-afternoon last Sunday, February 15, firefighters responded to Newtown High School after four copper heating pipes burst in a third-floor science lab in the school’s new addition, causing considerable water damage to that...
Published: Feb 16, 2023 at 04:15 PM
To the Editor:
I appreciate the Editor’s summary of the Eversource clear-cutting issue in last week’s paper. We citizens supported our elected officials in their efforts to penalize via PURA the electric utilities like Eversource for the slow restora...
Published: Feb 16, 2023 at 04:11 PM
MILFORD — Peter Manfredonia, the Sandy Hook man who pleaded guilty on February 6 to murder and other charges related to a 2020 attack in northeastern Connecticut has, as anticipated, pleaded guilty to a second murder and other charges.
According to ...
Published: Feb 16, 2023 at 04:10 PM
To the Editor:
Our Christmas tree plantation (about 1 acre) of white pine in another state at first went well for several years. We were guided by the US Department of Agriculture, the state Department of Forestry, and the various extension agents, s...