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Holiday Closings

Published: May 28, 2016 12:00 AM
All town offices will be closed on Monday, May 30, in honor of Memorial Day . Newtown Senior Center, the schools, and C.H. Booth Library also will be closed. The transfer station on Ethan Allen Road w...

Disaster Relief Shelter Drill, Sunday At Health Club

Published: May 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Club NewFit will conduct a mock Disaster Relief Shelter Drill this weekend. The event is scheduled for Sunday, May 29, from 3:30 to 6:30 pm, at the health and fitness club, 23 Commerce Road. Club NewF...

Newtown Poised To Save With Virtual Net Metering

By John Voket
Published: May 28, 2016 12:00 AM
With the stroke of a pen wielded by Governor Dannel Malloy, Newtown can launch into a new era of energy generation using "virtual net metering." Upon the governor's signing of a pending bill that perm...

Halstead Announces Retirement As Town Fire Marshal

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: May 27, 2016 12:00 AM
Fire Marshal Bill Halstead has informed the Board of Fire Commissioners that he will retire as the town's fire marshal in November. Mr Halstead, 67, joined the town fire marshal's office in 1984, serv...

NYFS Among Those To Benefit From Webster Bank Grant

By Shannon Hicks
Published: May 27, 2016 12:00 AM
WATERBURY - Webster Bank, a regional bank serving businesses and consumers in the Northeast, recently awarded grants to 80 nonprofit organizations - for a total of $80,000 - as part of its employee vo...

Police Receive Awards For Public Safety Excellence

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: May 27, 2016 12:00 AM
At the Newtown Police Department's 2016 Awards & Decorations Ceremony, held on May 18, to recognize notable achievements in the field of law enforcement, the police department bestowed many awards to ...

Fire Reports | May 19-25, 2016

Published: May 26, 2016 12:00 AM
The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:Thursday, May 19: 5:11 pm, commercial fire al...

Police Reports | May 15-25, 2016

Published: May 26, 2016 12:00 AM
Ford vs Guardrails At about 1 pm on May 15, motorist Emily Lane, 23, of Rockport, Maine, was driving a 2001 Ford vehicle eastward on Interstate 84, east of Exit 10, when, to avoid striking some v...