Newtown native Lauren Russo is getting a first taste of her dream after years of hard work. Ms Russo, 21, was chosen recently to be part of the small student group to perform Alvin Ailey's classic Mem...

Malcolm McLachlan, a longtime resident of Newtown who now resides in Southbury, was inducted into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame on December 7 - a prestigious honor for someone has played a big rol...

Allison Irene Hornak is preparing her first solo gallery art show, "Fragments Of Work In Recession," the first installment of her multiyear graduate research. This exhibit will be presented in the thr...

Congratulations to Stephen Hutchinson of Byrd's Books in Bethel. A press release from the American Booksellers Association (ABA) states that on December 18 author James Patterson announced the names o...

Local speaker Arthur Gottlieb visited the Newtown Senior Center on December 13, to shine a spotlight on the rich history and culture of Radio City Music Hall, just in time for the holiday season.The A...

Occupation: I own Always Safe at Home Pet Sitting. It's a Newtown-based, family-owned, pet care company that has been in business here for 23 years. My mother, Adria Henderson, started it in 1994,...

December 25, 1992 A student charged with setting a fire that damaged Newtown High School in September will be making $10,000 in restitution to the school system in the form of work and monetary p...

Holiday Decorating Contest "Christmas Critics" James Barber, Laurie Silber, Jeffrey Capeci, Tor Gunnar Salbu, Gayle DiBenedetto, Joan Salbu, Rachel Swenson, George Linegarger (bus driver), Representat...

Lynda DeLuryea is not of French descent, but she does love all things French. She has been lucky enough, she told guests during last week's Genealogy Club of Newtown program, to have lived twice durin...

The Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers has announced a special offering for the ETH Theatre this holiday weekend: two days of Elf screenings.Elf stars Will Ferrell as Buddy. It also features James Caa...