The Public Building and Site Commission (PBSC) learned March 1 that the Newtown High School auditorium project's current remaining budget will only cover about half of the total work that staff and di...

The Newtown Police Department has started a new law enforcement program in which police accompany probation officers on visits to residences of people on probation to ensure that they are complying wi...

The Police Commission this week named two of its five members to a committee, which will meet with state Department of Transportation (DOT) officials to discuss possible physical changes at the Main S...

"Start Them Young - How the Firearms Industry and Gun Lobby Are Targeting Your Children," a report published February 18 by the Violence Policy Center (VPC) in Washington, DC, and companion video by N...

Four Charges Follow Music Festival Incident Police report that after learning that they held a warrant for his arrest in connection with an incident that occurred last fall, Raymond Gmuer, 25, of...

Evening rush traffic encountered travel delays and detours in Sandy Hook following a one-vehicle accident late Tuesday afternoon, in which a commercial truck vaulted off Berkshire Road (Route 34) and ...

The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has decided that a traffic signal will not be installed at the intersection of Hawleyville Road (Route 25) and Covered Bridge Road to serve a planned mixed...

Although Police Chief James Viadero was officially sworn into office at Newtown Municipal Center in early January, to formally mark the new leadership of police department, its membership sponsored a ...

Town police, the state, and a major beer/wine distributor are sponsoring a seminar for workers who sell/serve alcohol to the public on preventing underage drinking.christopher.vanghele@newtown-ct.gov....

Andrew Mangold wants to install "an edible fruit trail" along the walking path winding through Fairfield Hills. The Newtown native presented his concept to the Fairfield Hills Authority (FHA) on Monda...