Interstate DUI State police report that while on patrol about 3:35 am on April 23, they spotted a motorist traveling on Interstate 84 whom they decided to stop for an investigation. State police ...

On Saturday, April 28, Newtown's Kovack family will be headed to Windsor to participate in the annual Blue & Green 5K and Walk, which raises awareness and honors organ donors' selfless acts that have ...

At its Thursday, May 3, meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) plans to hold three public hearings. Those hearings involve a proposed brewpub; proposed zoning rule changes affecting food tr...

Residents living near the Old Green Road site proposed for a one-million-gallon Aquarion Water Company water storage tank intended to serve the firm's central water supply system, have raised question...

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in cooperation with town police, will sponsor a collection event for unwanted prescription drugs at the police station at 3 Main Street, from 10 am to 2 p...

Join Senator Chris Murphy's team to learn about volunteering for the senator and other Democrats in 2018.KBriere@CTDems.org for more information. The event will take place Saturday, April 28, ...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, April 19: ; 1:11 pm, mutual aid call...

The Junior Newtown Action Alliance (Jr NAA) announced it plans to host a protest on Saturday, May 5, from 3 pm to 4:30 pm, at the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), 11 Mile Hill Road, while t...

UPDATE (Sunday, April 29, 2018): The Associated Press is reporting the man accused of killing a sheriff's deputy was arrested Saturday outside a remote cabin, ending an intense manhunt in its fourth d...

Despite the fact that fewer than two out of every ten qualified residents bothered to come out to the polls on April 24, the local municipal and school budgets, as well as two bonding authorizations, ...