The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:Thursday, February 22: 2 pm, alarm, 42 Church Hill ...

Acting unanimously, the Board of Selectmen voted against recommending a controversial proposal to provide virtually all Newtown's remaining surplus sewer access to the Hunters Ridge developmen...

This story was updated at 3 pm following a Newtown Emergency Operations meeting with key local officials. By 11 am Friday, March 9, Newtown Highway Department personnel along with Eversource line...

Newtown's newly formed Special Education Parent Teacher Association (SEPTA) held its first meeting on February 28, when representatives from the state PTA presented the new group's charter. The first ...

Some Toddy Hill Road residents, who have pressed police since last spring to better control speeding and reckless driving on the road that connects Sandy Hook to Botsford, thanked Police Commi...

For the fifth annual Fairfield County Giving Day, an online event hosted by Fairfield County's Community Foundation (FCCF), 13,137 donors gave more than $1.4 million to 415 nonprofit organizations.New...

With the National Weather Service reporting 24.3 inches of snow across Newtown this morning, schools are closed for the day, municipal offices have a delayed opening, and road crews continue to work t...

Due to local power outages, Newtown Public Schools will be closed Friday, March 9. School offices will be open. The district made the announcement in the evening of Thursday, March 8.

Director of Communications Maureen Will has issued a second CodeRED for town employees, for Thursday, March 8: nonessential personnel and municipal employees are to report to work at 10 am. "Be carefu...

This story has been updated to reflect a Thursday morning announcement to close schools.  Newtown Public Schools will be closed Thursday, March 8, as announced by the district early Thurs...