Most offices and businesses will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving, a federal holiday, on Thursday, November 25. The November 26, 2021 issue of The Newtown Bee will have early deadlines.

With a possible donation that could help cover a significant part of the cost, the finance board decided to move adding artificial turf to the rear field at the high school from year five of the Capital Improvement Plan to year one.

Police reports for October 31 through November 7, 2021.

Fire calls and their responders in Newtown, Conn., for the period of November 3 to November 8, 2021.

A women’s support group is now being conducted weekly on Tuesdays from 12:30 to 1:15 pm, on Zoom, and is led by Carol Cohen, LMSW.

A donation of granite cobblestone pavers will enhance the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial.

I-84 was temporarily closed in both directions in Newtown Friday morning due to two separate incidents near the Hanover Road overpass.

The fate of an ordinance banning open carry of firearms on town-owned property is still up in the air.

A Little Free Library will be available to the public following installation early next week in one of Newtown's town parks.

A version of a policy on the Board of Education's nonlapsing account was approved by the board at its November 3 meeting.