Newtown's senior population is rapidly growing, with many choosing to remain in their homes or local independent housing facilities. Without family members, nurses, or aides living with them, a number...

Sixteen months after the publication of her first novel, Newtown resident Harmony Verna is celebrating again. Her second novel, Beneath the Apple Leaves, was released in June. Like Ms Verna's first re...

Although every day is different in the classroom and in the Hawks Nest press box, there is a lot of structure in Jason "J" Edwards' life when students are back in session at Newtown High School. But ...

Bob and Margot Hall and one granddaughter made a vacation out of eclipse viewing, driving all the way to Southern Wesleyan University in Central, S. C., Margot tells me. "It was really fantastic," sai...

Occupation: I used to be a driver, cook, cleaner, teacher - all the many jobs of a mom. It's full-time with no salary. Now my boys are older, and I'm going to have an empty nest soon. I'm now tran...

My summer concert vacation of 2017 actually started off a bit early this year. But it included a couple of shows I hoped to knock off my bucket list, along with a very coincidental and nostalgic align...

For the first time in 38 years, the continental United States experienced a total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21. Despite Newtown not being in the line of totality, which stretched diagonally acro...

August 28, 1992 Much youthful creativity and premeditation has been expended over the years in creating false identification to circumvent the state law establishing the drinking age. In high sch...

The Newtown Yoga Festival is stretching its reach and, for the first time, will be offering four main headliners at the festival, scheduled for August 26, from 9 am to 4 pm, at the NYA Sports & Fitnes...