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Updated: Feb 16, 2023 at 04:11 PM
To the Editor:
Troop 870, Scouts BSA is very grateful to Eunice at Bagel Delight for once again letting us hold our fundraiser outside of her store this past Saturday morning. Our Valentine’s Day Sweets and Treats fundraiser raised much-needed funds ...
Updated: Feb 16, 2023 at 04:12 PM
To the Editor
Regarding cutting down trees on my road (Hyvue Drive) which is a dead end — there are lines going through branches.
We lose our power a lot because of this. Eversource needs to trim better.
When I drive down Route 302, there are also li...
Updated: Feb 16, 2023 at 04:12 PM
A couple of key health and welfare issues involving students were addressed in recent days, and both initiatives bode well for helping improve the lives of some of our most challenged young people.
On Thursday, February 9, following Governor Ned Lamo...
Updated: Feb 17, 2023 at 09:06 AM
As the regular season winds down, the Newtown-New Fairfield co-op hockey team has been looking to find its stride and enter into the Division III State Tournament. The Nighthawks won three of four games and improved to 8-10 overall to qualify for the...
Published: Feb 16, 2023 at 09:15 AM
Our marshmallow hearts melted a little last week when we heard the news that Ira “Bob” Born had died. Bob, 98, was a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” thanks to his work to mechanize the process that makes marshmallow Peeps. He a...
Published: Feb 15, 2023 at 03:10 PM
Velma S. Kovacs passed away peacefully January 29, 2023, with family by her side after a brief illness.
She was born January 1, 1929, in Newtown, Connecticut, graduated from Newtown High School, and attended the University of Bridgeport. She also liv...
Published: Feb 15, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Providing both a destination and an outlet for the week’s pent-up energy, the Teen Center, dubbed “The Garage,” is officially open Fridays from 3 to 5 pm for seventh and eighth graders to drop in after school. Located at 53 Church Hill Road, the faci...
Published: Feb 15, 2023 at 07:45 AM
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will present Zufar Bikbov offering a demonstration of painting a nocturnal landscape in oil on Wednesday, February 22, at 1:30 pm.
The program will be in Newtown Meeting House (lower level), 31 Main Stre...
Published: Feb 14, 2023 at 08:00 AM
For the past six months, Newtown resident Lindsey Guerrero has been making lasagna for people in need by volunteering with the global nonprofit Lasagna Love.
The grassroots community movement started in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and has more ...
Published: Feb 13, 2023 at 12:00 PM
The Board of Education was presented with an update on the district’s reading program selection process during their meeting in the Reed Intermediate School library January 17 before voting unanimously to approve the 2023-2024 implementation of Imagi...
