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The Newtown-New Fairfield co-op hockey team skated to a 4-4 with New Milford, at Danbury Ice Arena, on February 12. The Nighthawks were shut out 4-0 by the Green Wave early in the season and appeared headed to victory until the Wave scored with just ...

The future for Newtown and its police department is looking “very bright,” Police Commission Chairman Joel Faxon said during the formal swearing in ceremony for new Police Chief David Kullgren on February 11. With Kullgren moving into his new positio...

Best wishes to R’vyn Grega-Szabó and Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps Indoor Percussion as the team heads toward The Spartans Winter Invitational. Spartans Indoor Percussion is the only independent indoor percussion ensemble in New England and R’vyn, wh...

REDDING — Already having won some big games this winter, Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team had perhaps its most notable victory in a 55-39 message-sender at Joel Barlow on February 11. The Nighthawks defeated a strong team in a road gym, le...

In spite of intense opposition from Republicans, including Newtown’s representation in the Connecticut House of Representatives and Senate, two measures to extend the governor’s emergency powers and continue 11 executive orders passed in both bodies....

Community leaders participated in a panel conversation called “Race: More Than A Conversation,” hosted by C.H. Booth Library and Newtown Public Schools on February 7. C.H. Booth Library Director Douglas Lord opened the event by saying, “Both the Boar...

To the Editor: I have been living in Sandy Hook for 17 years. I have three children of various ages, and one of the values is that I try to uphold to my utmost best to be consistent with my parental rules with my children. I think we all can agree th...

To the Editor: The C.H. Booth Library budget [request] will be under scrutiny by the Board of Finance (BOF) and the Legislative Council (LC). There seems to be a push to make cuts that will most likely affect the library budget. The C.H. Booth Librar...

To the Editor: I’m writing to express my concern for an apparent double standard that has been allowed with regard to participants’ behavior at Board of Education meetings. When members of the community showed their support for DEI initiatives in pas...

To the Editor: I was happy to see so many letters to the editor in last week’s issue voicing support of our school district’s efforts to include Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as part of the curriculum. On the other side of that coin, it was discour...