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Connecticut Looking For New Ways To Fund State Parks

By Jan Ellen Spiegel, ©The Connecticut Mirror
Published: Apr 15, 2015 12:00 AM
When Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s budget arrived last month with a $2 million cut in the annual state parks budget, reactions were swift — and a bit on the melodramatic side. “I just picked myself up o...

WCAAA Grant Provides New Opportunities At Senior Center

By Nancy K. Crevier
Updated: Apr 05, 2019 04:14 PM
Sheila Torres, vice chairman of the Commission on Aging, and Marilyn Place, director of senior services in Newtown, announced April 8 that thanks to a Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging grant received in December, Newtown Senior Center will be able to host three new programs for residents age 60 and older.

Police, Fire Officials Probing Suspicious House Fire

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: Apr 14, 2015 12:00 AM
Police and fire officials are investigating an intentionally set fire which was discovered on the night of Monday, April 13, at an unoccupied one-family house under renovation at 52 Taunton Lake Road,...

Police Plan Enforcement Crackdown On Distracted Driving

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: Apr 14, 2015 12:00 AM
Town police plan an enforcement crackdown on distracted driving, focusing on motorists who use handheld cellphones to talk and also those who text while driving. Police Sergeant Aaron Bahamonde, who h...

Tim McGraw Concert To Support Sandy Hook Promise

Published: Apr 13, 2015 12:00 AM
HARTFORD — Tim McGraw has announced that on Friday, July 17, at XFINITY Theatre in Hartford, he will hold a concert to benefit Sandy Hook Promise. One-hundred percent of the net proceeds of this event...

Politicians Introduce Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act

Published: Apr 13, 2015 12:00 AM
HARTFORD — US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on April 13 introduced The Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act to provide teachers powerful tools and training to support students’ social and emoti...

Raising Speed Limit On Wasserman Way Under Review

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: Apr 11, 2015 12:00 AM
In response to a couple’s recent suggestion, the Police Commission, in its role as the local traffic authority, is asking the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to study and consider increasing ...