The town's dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:Thursday, April 6: 9:16 am motor vehicle acc...

Qualified local taxpayers and residents can begin reviewing 2017-18 Budget Referendum information, and can apply for and file absentee ballots ahead of the budget vote scheduled for Tuesday, April 25....

NOTE: This is an updated version of a story originally posted on Tuesday, April 11. * * * * * An accidental fire that started in the basement of a single-story house on a two-acre property at 101...

From prepared remarks delivered by Governor Dannel P. Malloy in Old Appropriations Room of State Capitol in Hartford, April 13, 2017: HARTFORD- "I began my first run for Governor on February 3, 2...

An apparent accidental fire that started in the basement of a ranch-style house at 101 Toddy Hill Road drew all five local volunteer fire companies, plus firefighters from Stepney, to the scene at abo...

Former attorney Thomas M. Murtha, 61, of Newtown, has been charged with wire fraud in connection with his alleged theft of more than $900,000 from clients, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for ...

When a police officer responds to a complaint about an individual openly carrying a gun and begins approaching that person, that officer has to make split-second decisions that have the potential to r...

When voters cast ballots on April 25 on the proposed 2017-18 operating budgets for the town government and the municipal school system, they also will be faced with six referendum questions on major c...