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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...

Three local authors — Sydney Eddison, Nancy Crevier, and Andrea Zimmermann — have been invited by the Garden Club of Newtown to sign books during the club’s annual Holiday Greens & Gifts Sale on Saturday, December 3, from 9 am to noon. The event, whi...

A townwide bottle and can drive launched over two years ago to raise funds for local nonprofits is not ending, despite its founder moving out of the area. Even better: very little is changing. Betty Presnell launched a bottle and can drive during the...

The second annual Sip ‘n Shop, an event being presented by Friends of the Newtown Community Center, will offer participants the chance to shop from a variety of vendors while enjoying wine and beer tastings, with the opportunity to order wine and bee...