The Newtown Police Department has received high marks in an “organizational diagnostic” study of the unit conducted by an associate professor of criminal justice, who performed a similar study of the department in the spring of 2012, which found it to then be a dysfunctional organization.

The Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) has scheduled three public hearings for Thursday, December 6. Two hearings will concern a proposal to create an animal/crop fiber mill at a property at 26 Mount Nebo Road.

Residents, families, and loved ones followed the glow of luminarias to the 34th Annual Ram Pasture Tree Lighting, Friday, November 30.

Newtown traditionally spends one weekend in late November/early December celebrating the holidays, and 2018 is no different. The following is a listing of holiday-related activities planned for this weekend.

Fire reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of November 21-28, 2018.

Police reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of November 17-26, 2018.

The 6th Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence takes place in Washington, DC, December 5.

The Newtown Fund Depot Day, when gifts are collected and distributed to designated local families, is only a few weeks away.

Newtown residents who wish to speak in favor of, or against, Newtown’s proposed ordinance prohibiting the storage, disposal, or use of fracking waste may do so at a public hearing scheduled for 7 pm on Wednesday, December 5.