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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...
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...
