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Published: Dec 28, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Fifty years ago, a group of service-minded residents created a group called Friends In Service Here, or FISH. Its objective was to provide rides to fellow Newtown residents who needed to get to the hospital for a non-emergency visit, a doctor’s appoi...
Updated: Dec 28, 2021 at 10:45 AM
This is the third and final piece in a series of articles highlighting Newtown Youth Wrestling Association.
Newtown wrestling is back in full swing for the first time in a couple of years, after the 2020-21 high school campaign was canceled beca...
Published: Dec 28, 2021 at 07:00 AM
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) denied a subdivision application during its meeting at the Municipal Center’s Council Chambers on Thursday, December 16.
Application 21.26 by Santo Silvestro proposed a subdivision located at 18 Platts Hill Ro...
Updated: Dec 27, 2021 at 05:02 PM
Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue announced to the community in a letter on December 20 that she will retire at the end of the school year.
According to the letter — addressed to staff, parents, and community members — Rodrigue explained s...
Published: Dec 27, 2021 at 03:00 PM
Down 13-0 to start the game/season, trailing by 19 points late in the first half … still behind double digits in the fourth — and Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team still got itself into position for a potential game-tying shot at the buzzer...
Published: Dec 27, 2021 at 02:40 PM
Robert Brainerd Hutchinson was born on September 24, 1951, and died peacefully at home in Hanover, Ill., on December 10, 2021, after a long and valiant fight with cancer. Robert and his wife Ruth moved to Hanover, Ill., from Newtown in 2014. In honor...
Updated: Dec 27, 2021 at 12:10 PM
CHESHIRE — Bernard P. Long, 93, died on Saturday, December 25, at Elim Park Health Care Center. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marian B. Long (nee Johenning).
Mr Long was born November 14, 1928, in Brooklyn, N.Y., son of the late Steven and An...
Published: Dec 27, 2021 at 09:15 AM
Ellen Beth Andrews, 51, of Newtown, lost a long courageous battle with cancer on December 23. Ellen was surrounded by her loving family at Connecticut Hospice in Branford, Conn. Ellen was born on May 9th, 1969, in Danbury, Conn.
Ellen is survived by ...
Published: Dec 27, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Already having tallied its first win of the season, the third contest and second win of the campaign served as what Newtown High School girls’ basketball Coach Jeremy O’Connell hopes is an early turning point.
The second half of a 50-34 triumph over ...
Published: Dec 27, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Members of Candlewood Valley Trout Unlimited (CVTU) and Pootatuck Watershed Association (PWA) are asking local residents to consider “ecocyling” Christmas trees this year.
On Saturday, January 8, from 9 am until noon, volunteers from each group will ...
