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Displaying 12 stories published between 5/10/2008 and 5/17/2008.

Showing items 1 to 12 of 12

Score	Title & Abstract	Publish Date

3.2	McClure, Fetchick Vote With RTC Endorsing Caracciolo For New School Board Seat School Board Chair Elaine McClure and fellow Board of Education member Katherine Fetchick both stood in unanimous support of fellow GOP contender George Caracciolo May 10 when the local Republican Town Committee endorsed the former school official to fill a new seat created by the recent Charter revision. Read More...	5/16/2008 1:51:38 PM
3.2	Police Traffic Enforcement Project Continues Police this week reported that they are continuing their selective traffic enforcement program designed to stop traffic violations involving speeding, distracted driving, and seat belt and child restraint laws. Read More...	5/16/2008 1:50:56 PM
3.2	Police Panel Approves Rules For Traffic Unit, Motorcycle Patrol Police Commission members have approved two new policies that explain the function and operations of a planned traffic enforcement unit, as well as the police motorcycle patrol. Read More...	5/16/2008 1:50:29 PM
3.2	Police Probe String Of Bomb Threats At Schools Police are probing a string of bomb threats at local schools which have proved groundless, but have resulted in disruptions to classes as building searches were conducted to determine whether any bombs were present. Read More...	5/16/2008 1:49:53 PM
3.2	Regular Gas Passes $4 Without Stopping With the numbers scrolling upward as we watch, gas prices in Fairfield County are currently higher than elsewhere in the state, according to AAA spokesman Jim MacPherson. Read More...	5/15/2008 3:51:04 PM
3.2	The Animals Are Fine Without Our ‘Help’ It seems so obvious once you hear the explanation: “Mother knows best,” said Beardsley Zoo General Curator Don Goff. Imagine that a baby fawn sits in the grass and doesn’t budge regardless of how close you may creep. With your nose nearly to the nest the fawn still just blinks without trying to run away. “They’ll often sit there until you pick them up,” he said. “They’re hiding and they’re not going to move.” Read More...	5/15/2008 12:36:57 PM
3.2	Superintendent Clarifies Cellphone Rules After Reported Suspension School Superintendent Janet Robinson said she cannot discuss specific disciplinary actions against students, but responded to questions following a concerned parent’s call to The Newtown Bee after a bomb scare at the high school last week. While not identifying the student, or confirming the parent’s report that her daughter, a NHS junior, was suspended for three days, Dr Robinson took the opportunity to clarify the district’s policy on cellphone use, especially during possible emergencies. Read More...	5/15/2008 12:36:22 PM
3.2	Regular Gas Passes $4 Without Stopping With the numbers scrolling upward as we watch, gas prices in Fairfield County are currently higher than elsewhere in the state, according to AAA spokesman Jim MacPherson. Read More...	5/15/2008 12:35:41 PM
3.2	Police Motorcycle Patrol Focuses On Traffic Enforcement For certain types of traffic enforcement, using a motorcycle is more effective than driving a large sedan, explains police patrol Officer Steve Ketchum, who serves as the police department’s motorcycle patrolman. Read More...	5/15/2008 12:25:56 PM
3.2	Lyddy Endorsed By DTC For 106th District Seat Democratic Legislative Councilman Christopher Lyddy said he sees an opportunity to bring “youthful and energetic” representation to the residents of Newtown in the state assembly this November. Mr Lyddy previously announced he was seeking the local Democratic Town Committee’s (DTC) endorsement to run for the 106th District seat being vacated by Representative Julia Wasserman. Read More...	5/15/2008 12:23:30 PM
3.2	Firefighters Quell Factory Fire In Sandy Hook A malfunction during an industrial process caused a furnace explosion at a Sandy Hook factory on Monday afternoon, resulting in multiple fire companies responding to 27 Philo Curtis Road to extinguish the blaze. Read More...	5/15/2008 12:17:54 PM
3.2	Fairfield Hills Developer Floats Demolition Proposition It could become a case of one hand giving and the other taking away if the town chooses to accept a proposal to contract developer and philanthropist Peter D’Amico to demolish Greenwich Hall and construct a permanent parking lot at Fairfield Hills. Read More...	5/15/2008 12:15:15 PM


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