After a thorough investigation, police have determined that the sighting of a “gun” which was reported at the Western Connecticut State University Visual and Performing Arts Center on November 20 was actually a portable light stand.

Residents gathered near loved ones and fellow community members to stand witness to three annual tree lighting ceremonies November 30, December 1, and December 2 at Ram Pasture, Sandy Hook Center, and Barnabas Plaza. The events annually begin the holiday season in Newtown.

Governor Dannel P. Malloy has declared December 5 a Day of Remembrance in honor of former President George H.W. Bush.

The Newtown chapter of the Salvation Army is in need of a few more bell ringers for the weekends of December 7-8 and 14-15.

WestCOG will be hosting a series of public listening sessions to hear experiences and perspectives on the region’s transportation system from its users. One of these public session in Newtown on December 11 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at the Booth Library community meeting room.

Federal offices will close for a National Day of Mourning on December 5; USPS regular mail delivery will be suspended that day.

Newtown’s Land Use Director, Health District Director, and Public Works Director are taking issue with several points articulated in media reports about separate state and federal class action lawsuits regarding alleged radon and uranium exposure at the Garner Correctional Institution.

UPDATE (Monday, December 3, 2018): Lilly Faye Chapman has reportedly been found, safe, in Monroe. || Residents are being asked to look for a 15-year-old girl who may have traveled on her own from her home in northern Alabama to Newtown.

Governor Dannel P. Malloy this morning is directing US and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff beginning immediately in remembrance of President George H.W. Bush, who died Friday, November 30.