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The next program in C.H. Booth Library’s Community Conversation series has been announced for Monday, June 13. “Community Conversation: The Nonprofit View of Race” is scheduled to take place in the meeting room of the library, 25 Main Street. Organiz...

To the Editor: The deaths of the 19 Uvalde, Texas 10-year-old 4th graders has stolen more than a combined 1,000 years of future life from them — meaning that they collectively will be missing more than: 1,000 Memorial Days, 1,000 Fourth of Julys, 1,0...

To the Editor: The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Inclusive Playground at Dickinson Park is scheduled for this Saturday, June 4, at 10 am. The Newtown Lions Club raised the funds to place three pieces of wheelchair-accessible playground equipment ad...

To the Editor: If you think about what our town will be like in 75 years (I chose that because it’s beyond many of our lifetimes and reduces self-interest biases), we know it won’t be a “destination town” (Newtown Plan of Conservation and Development...

To the Editor: Albert Einstein claimed that you can not solve a problem unless you carefully define study all aspects. This cannot be accomplished unless we challenge our existing “fixed perception” that prevents us from opening our minds to new insi...

To the Editor: Received my Eversource electric bill today for $89.33, which showed credit of $3.80 (overpayment). The bill as we all know shows usage of power and delivery of the power. My bill shows I used (Supply) $37.21 in “juice” and to get it to...

To the Editor: Fact or fiction? If Wharton truly doesn't know who their perspective buyer or lessee might be, how can they possibly attest to the volume of traffic in and out of their potential property? Once turned over, neither they nor the people...

It is easy to understand why there is so much support for “student loan forgiveness” among the roughly 15% of US residents who are still carrying it. That sentiment may be especially evident among those holding nearly half that debt — doctors, lawyer...

Note: The top boys' results have been added. It was a successful first day of June for Newtown High School athletes as the boys’ volleyball team won its Class L State Tournament opener and members of the track and field squad brought home some C...

July 4, 1946 to June 7, 2021 You will be in our hearts and memories forever as we hold you precious as life itself. Your loving family forever, Josh, Helen, Ro, and Amar Amembal