Town officials have called a briefing regarding the proposed Newtown Community Center and an April 5 referendum to vote on the project for Tuesday, March 29, at 6:45 pm. The special event will be cond...

Eversource Energy has notified the town that it will be performing aerial patrols on many of its transmission lines this week and next. Work will be done March 30-April 1 and April 4-8, according to t...

Due to public interest in the Rochambeau Woods proposal to build 29 clustered condominium units at a 29.2-acre site on Mt Pleasant Road in the borough, the Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) has schedul...

Newtown's Commission on Aging will be conducting a series of four forums and information exchanges over the next weeks for the "seniors and boomers" of Newtown to help clarify any confusion regarding ...

On a recent sunny day, several workers were busy renovating the interior of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company's newly expanded fire substation at 249 Berkshire Road (State Route 34). The ...

Members of Women Involved in Newtown spent a few hours on March 18 working on one of the club's annual projects: filling baskets with treats for children whose parents might need a hand making sure th...

Standing in front of the familiar dome of the Connecticut State Capitol, holding a sheaf of paperwork, Newtown's 106th District incumbent State Representative Mitch Bolinsky announced via a Facebook p...

At about 3:30 pm on Wednesday, March 23, someone forcibly entered two locked vehicles that were parked along DG Beers Boulevard near Newtown Municipal Center at Fairfield Hills and stole a purse from ...

Matt Maxwell and Bill Stevens both call Newtown their home, but they have a couple of other things in common. Both Republicans have announced intentions to challenge incumbent US Congresswoman Elizabe...