Fire reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of November 21-27, 2019.

Newtown Public Schools will be closed Monday, December 2, due to the weather. The announcement was made early Monday morning.

The National Weather Service continues to monitor a large winter storm that is expected to reach the Northeast/southern New England states by late Sunday, December 1. Businesses and organizers of events effected by the weather are invited to contact

On a blustery, cold, wet November day, members of Newtown Underwater Search and Rescue (NUSAR) took it upon themselves to get even wetter, while training in underwater search techniques on the bottom of Lake Lillinonah, where the water temperature was a bracing 42 degrees.

Calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps for the period of November 14-27, 2019.

Two weeks from today, Newtown will welcome the holiday season with a weekend of tree lighting events.

Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) members are reviewing a set of proposed sign regulations that would apply to churches, as well as a signage installation plan from the local church which submitted those proposed sign rules.