Community members played Recycle Bingo, hosted by the Newtown Senior Center, on January 19.For more information on upcoming Newtown Senior Center events, stop by 14 Riverside Road, visit newtown-ct.go...

January 29, 1993 Major Robert E. Schmidle, Jr, received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Major General Jefferson D. Howell, Jr, Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing in a ceremony...

New sets of hands will tend to Newtown Victory Garden's management this spring. Gail Friedman will manage the garden along with her committee of three additional women - Anne Marie Roller, Pamela Wils...

The first time I saw a Glen of Imaal Terrier in person was during a Sports Illustrated magazine photo shoot at the American Kennel Club (AKC) headquarters. It was 2005, and the breed was newly recogni...

Newtown High School senior Elle Sauli is hoping her latest achievement, earning the title of Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2018, will help her spread the "Lunch Love" program she started this year in Newt...

Occupation: I teach first grade full-time in Easton and have been teaching for nine years. When I was on maternity leave I started doing Beautycounter as a second job. It was something that I coul...

The best way to avoid cold feet during winter's worst weather is to find the right footwear, and The Athlete's Source in Bethel is helping customers start the year off on the right foot. The Athlete's...

Betty Baker - longtime residents may remember her as Betty Smith - celebrated her 90th birthday on January 13, in Florida. Betty was the town clerk in Newtown for many, many years. We send our belated...

Tanya DeJesus's epidural did not kick in on January 3, so she felt every moment of her younger son's birth. "It was the longest three minutes of my life," she said this week. Laughing, she called the ...

January 22, 1993 THE HOUSATONIC EAGLES, STILL FLYING HIGH: Bald eagles from the north have returned to the area, feeding on fish buoyed toward the surface of the Housatonic River by upswelling cu...