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Published: Aug 29, 2022 at 08:00 AM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Wednesday, August 17: 1:38 pm, fire alarm, Queen Street, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded.
Thu...
Published: Aug 29, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Motorcyclist Injured
Newtown Police report Tameira Leandro, 43, of Sandy Hook, operating a 1985 Suzuki Gs700 motorcycle, was traveling southbound on Glen Road at 9:09 pm August 13. Leandro lost control near the intersection with Walnut Tree Hill...
Published: Aug 29, 2022 at 07:00 AM
After nearly a year and a half of work, the Legislative Council approved two ballot questions concerning the latest Charter Revision Commission’s proposed changes to Newtown’s constitutional document that will be considered by voters on Election Day,...
Updated: Aug 29, 2022 at 09:08 AM
In a previous article, this column explored how horses see the world. Their vision differs from humans in many ways including range of vision, clarity, night vision, and depth perception.
As we turn our attention to the cute fuzzy ears on our equine ...
Published: Aug 26, 2022 at 04:00 PM
August 22, 1997
EDITORIAL INK DROPS — IMAGES OF DISASTER: We are sometimes asked why we photograph highway accidents, or house fires, or other events where people must face great stress, injury, and even death. The images are often unpleasant an...
Published: Aug 26, 2022 at 08:10 AM
Janice Carver (Moakley) Anthony, wife of the late Robert Hughes Anthony, died at home on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
Janice was born in Lexington, Mass., the eldest daughter of Richard Elliott and Doris Lillian (McPeake) Moakley’s six children. After g...
Published: Aug 26, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Both the Legislative Council and Board of Selectmen have approved initiating the process of applying for historic credits that would help a developer renovate two Fairfield Hills campus buildings into mixed used commercial-residential buildings.
The ...
Published: Aug 26, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Peter Stockwell, in his sixth year as an assistant football coach with the Newtown Youth Football & Cheer (NYF&C) program, has taken on a new role as president. Stockwell, a three-year board member who previously served as treasurer, took over as pre...
Published: Aug 26, 2022 at 07:00 AM
While bus driver shortages have been common among many districts in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Newtown has been hit especially hard.
With many drivers leaving the district for higher wages offered in districts elsewhere in the state, the Boar...
Updated: Aug 29, 2022 at 09:20 AM
Newtown’s first responders were sent to Sunset Hill Road Tuesday night, after a fire broke out inside a residential home there.
All five local fire companies, Newtown Police, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a paramedic were dispatched to 7 Suns...
