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Published: Feb 13, 2025 at 02:37 PM
To the Editor:
We all understand that there has been a major assault on DEIA at the national level. The pain this is inflicting upon others is unimaginable and there are a majority of us working hard to stem this assault on the local level now. For i...
Published: Feb 13, 2025 at 02:36 PM
To the Editor:
The February 7 “Discusses Proposed Development” letter from Dan Holmes suggesting a town-wide, one year moratorium on large scale housing development starts is an excellent idea. It would allow town officials and townspeople to plan ah...
Published: Feb 13, 2025 at 02:35 PM
To the Editor:
On my routine errands around Newtown, I observe a frightening and dangerous precedent: Toddlers gnawing on their parents’ cellphones or immersed in tablet screens. While their parents strive to keep their children occupied, inadvertent...
Published: Feb 13, 2025 at 02:33 PM
While there are always uncertainties in when a board or commission may be expected to make a decision, and it is certainly possible that the deliberations on a proposed 117 home cluster subdivision may be granted an extension, it was the Borough Zoni...
Updated: Feb 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Newtown Police arrested a Shelton man on February 11 after the man reportedly threatened an employee of Dodgingtown Garage with firearms, among other aggressions.
Police identified the man as Vincenzo Ciocca, 60, of Shelton, who was arrested and char...
Updated: Feb 13, 2025 at 07:57 AM
Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team remains in a battle for one of the last South-West Conference Tournament playoff spots as the regular season winds down. The Nighthawks head into an important finale at Bethel (Thursday, February 13 at 7 pm...
Updated: Feb 13, 2025 at 09:21 AM
The Newtown VNA Thrift Shop has been operating for more than 85 years. Originally launched by 12 local women for the purpose of raising funds to provide dental equipment and services to local school children, the shop opened in 1938 within the Atchis...
Published: Feb 12, 2025 at 08:22 AM
Julia “Judy” Walther Person, cherished wife, mother, and sister, passed away peacefully on January 30, at the age of 95. She was the loving wife of Raymond Person for 61 years.
Julia was born on January 5th, 1930 in Danbury, to Ernst Walther and Hele...
Published: Feb 12, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Nicknames: I did have one a while back — Sunrise Slaughter, because of “dawn” and “killing,” so they put that together. It was kind of a funny thing.
Family: My mom is still here in town — she and my dad both went to Newtown High School; my h...
Published: Feb 12, 2025 at 07:00 AM
The Newtown chapter of Hearts of Hope (HOH-Newtown) presented a Paint with A Purpose event at Newtown Community Center on January 29. The Newtown program was the second presented in conjunction with American Legion Post 202, who presented a similar e...
