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Newtown Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) discussed a pending application regarding unapproved wetland fill on a site in town during its November 9 meeting. On the agenda was IW Application #22‐26 by Pedro Valentin, for property located at 182 Boggs H...

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) has two public events planned for the first full week of next month. For holiday gifts — to give away or splurge for one’s personal collection — SCAN is offering a Small Works Art Show & Sale. Artist mem...

John Facto, a former Botsford Fire Rescue firefighter and local emergency dispatcher, has returned to his hometown as its most recently hired police officer. He is already known among NPD staff, according to Newtown Community Services Sergeant Willia...

Newtown Police Officer Felicia Figol was honored by the Lake Zoar Authority (LZA) for her dedication to staffing lake patrols in 2022. The authority, at its November 8 meeting, issued Figol a plaque in honor of her service. Figol staffed 31 of the 32...

Editor’s Note: This report updates all ballot counts, turnout percentages, and details following the November 8 elections and referendum, many of which were reported incorrectly in last week’s print edition. One week after Election Day, the Newt...

A reduction to the final approved allocation for the two regional lake authorities in the 2022-23 municipal budget may be overturned because they were state mandated assessments to the town and not budget requests according to First Selectman Dan Ros...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Saturday, November 5: 5:17 am, CO alarm, Deer Hill Drive, Dodgingtown responded; 8:25 am, service call, ...

On Sunday, November 27, stepping off at noon, a guided tour will be offered along the eco-friendly food forest that lines part of The Newtown Fruit Trail. The trail lines part of the Fairfield Hills campus trail system along Mile Hill Road South with...

St Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church will host an Advent Mission for three nights next month, Monday through Wednesday, December 5-7. “Mercy: The Divine Hotspot” will be led by Fr Bill Garrott, OP, who will also celebrate Mass at 9 am each morning o...

Approximately 200 people including dozens of immediate survivors of those killed on 12/14 came together on the site of a newly opened Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial for a brief, reverent invitation-only ceremony November 12, a day ahead of the memoria...