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Newtown High School’s tennis teams posted wins over New Fairfield on April 23 and Joel Barlow of Redding on April 28 — the girls 5-2 at home over New Fairfield and 4-3 at Barlow; the boys 7-0 at New Fairfield and 7-0 over visiting Joel Barlow. Agains...

Newtown High School’s lacrosse programs will hold 15 For Life Foundation fundraiser days to raise awareness about mental health at Blue & Gold Stadium Saturday, May 3 and Monday, May 5. On May 3 events begin at 8 am with youth lacrosse until the conc...

Finance Director Glenys Salas noted that higher than expected revenue in the sewer enterprise fund interest line item could help pay back a shortfall to the town “faster than expected” at a Board of Finance meeting on April 24. With a line item of ze...

To the Editor: The Earth Day celebration on Saturday was an enormous success, despite having to alter our plans and bring many of the vendors inside the gymnasium at the Middle School. The yearly event, normally held on the front lawn of the school, ...

With over 12,000 applications competing for Stevie Awards, the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary has been crowned with a Gold Stevie Award for Nonprofit/Government Agency of the year by the American Business Association. Jenny Hubbard, the sa...

To the Editor: Books, books and more books! The Friends of the C.H.Booth Library thank all who stopped by the Library last Sunday to donate the bounty of their spring cleaning. Also, a thank you to Library Director, Jennifer Nash, for allowing the Fr...

To the Editor: The recent budget and referendum process was sorely lacking leadership. The budget was put forward after numerous levels of input, starting with each department, then reviewed by the Superintendent or the First Selectman, and finally r...

To the Editor: Thank you to all those who turned out to vote in the budget referendum on April 22. Almost a quarter of eligible voters cast their ballots, and both budgets and all the capital improvement projects on the referendum passed. Newtown wil...

To the Editor: Hurrah for Newtown voters! Newtown registered voters turned out in record numbers last week. Our town and education budgets were approved with strong margins, as were all the referendum items to repair our town buildings and bridges. H...

To the Editor: In a time of contentious development efforts around mostly green spaces in Newtown, it is refreshing to see the cooperative effort of a developer, the town, and other stakeholders to revive the existing Taunton Press property at 63 Sou...