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Published: Feb 07, 2025 at 08:00 AM
Punxsutawney Phil for the win! Less than 24 hours after seeing his shadow and promptly predicting six more weeks of winter, we had our second snow of 2025 this week. Beardsley Bart’s prediction was a contraction, with the zoo’s prairie dog (or Senior...
Published: Feb 07, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Starting July 1, 2025, Newtown residents will no longer pay for transfer station permits. Instead, those who use the Town transfer station on Ethan Allen Road will be required to purchase town-branded blue bags. The bags are part of the new save-as-y...
Published: Feb 07, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Board of Education members approved the 2025-26 Education budget adoption in a 5-2 vote, with amendments reinstating the K-6 Spanish Program after recommended offsets, during their Tuesday, February 4 meeting. The budget totals $92,644,644, a 5.99 pe...
Published: Feb 07, 2025 at 07:00 AM
From first guard off the bench as a sophomore to junior starter and captain, things have progressed pretty nicely — and quickly — for Newtown High School basketball point guard Aidan Walker. Then came his best week on the NHS hardwood, during which h...
Updated: Feb 09, 2025 at 01:20 PM
UPDATE (Sunday, February 9): This story has been updated to include a February 16 matinee performance, which was added to make up for the cancellation of the February 8 show due to inclement weather.
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RIDGEFIELD — Ridgefield Theater Barn is...
Published: Feb 07, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Curbside recycling pickup, recommended to be kept by the Recycling Ad Hoc Committee in early January but removed from the First Selectman’s proposed budget, was added back by the Board of Selectmen during their final budget talks on February 3 before...
Published: Feb 07, 2025 at 07:00 AM
On Friday, February 28, 11 am-5 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, will be hosting another American Red Cross Blood Drive.
For those interested in donating, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767), or visit redcrossblood.org. Use code 5...
Published: Feb 07, 2025 at 06:55 AM
At the end of the day a win is a win and a loss is a loss, but some defeats can be more noteworthy, and perhaps fulfilling, than others. Take for example Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team’s setback to visiting Notre Dame Prep (of Fairfield)...
Published: Feb 07, 2025 at 06:50 AM
What a difference a couple of weeks make. Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team, not long ago scratching and clawing to keep in the South-West Conference playoff hunt, reeled off five straight conference wins to become one of five teams with 7...
Published: Feb 06, 2025 at 03:00 PM
Newtown has a garbage problem, and its efforts to solve them have been met with varying degrees of success. With the Save As You Throw program nearing implementation (formerly called “Pay As You Throw”), and scraps recycling pickup a longtime topic o...
