Education

Enrollment Open For History Camp

Published: June 16, 2023 7:00 am

Newtown Historical Society is sponsoring History Camp for children ages 8-10 again this summer. A tradition spanning 19 years, the program offers an immersive experience of Newtown and American history with a variety of hands-on activities.

This Week’s NHS Graduation Was The Perfect Day For A Cap And Gown

By Noelle Veillette

Updated: June 19, 2023 10:35 am

Read our full coverage of the Newtown High School Class of 2023 Graduation.

Messages Of Inspiration For The NHS Class of 2023

By Noelle Veillette

Updated: June 16, 2023 8:24 am

It's official: the commencement exercises for the 300+ members of the Newtown High School Class of 2023 have concluded.

2023 Profiles In Professionalism Honorees Recognized

By Noelle Veillette

Published: June 13, 2023 9:00 am

Profiles in Professionalism honorees were recently recognized at a board of education meeting.

Flames Cooled: BOE Votes Unanimously To Keep Books, Create Mechanism For Administering Access

By Noelle Veillette

Updated: June 02, 2023 1:47 pm

The Board of Education voted unanimously during a June 1 special meeting to keep two graphic novels in circulation in the Newtown High School library.

Fairfield Author Discusses Craft With Reed Students

Published: May 31, 2023 9:00 am

Author Janae Marks paid a visit to Reed Intermediate School, recently.

Top Five Percent Of NHS Class Of 2023 Announced

By Noelle Veillette

Published: May 29, 2023 10:00 am

Newtown High School has identified the demi-decile students graduating this spring.

Book Challenge Discussion Flanked By Fired-Up Supporters, Opponents

By Noelle Veillette

Updated: May 30, 2023 12:58 pm

Read what a sampling of the 48 public participants who went on the record at a May 16 Board of Education meeting had to say about removing books from the high school’s library.

Middle Gate Carnival Event Makes A Splash

By Noelle Veillette

Updated: May 26, 2023 4:48 pm

Middle Gate School families enjoyed a carnival day, recently.

‘Mindfulness Mornings’ Instill Peace And Focus In Middle Gate Students

By Noelle Veillette

Updated: May 22, 2023 4:13 pm

Before the school day started its course, the morning had already quietly commenced for a small collection of students at Middle Gate School for the last time on May 11. It was the last meeting of “Mi...

Patricia Ann Lynn (Foggan) Fogelstrom (June 19, 1959-January 1, 2025)

Last Call To Help Select Sportsman Of The Year

Mary Ann Dwight

Charlene R. Paternoster (October 28, 1946-December 2, 2024)

Nicholas V. Briglia (10/29/1938-12/25/2024)

Dolly! We have missed you so much since you left California & our work family at SBCEO Juvenile Community Court Schools! You are one fascinating woman! Love Debbie Diaz & Mike Ostini. PS-We got married 3 years ago!

Snapshot: Dolly White

Some facts to consider. A total of 40,00 trips a day take place on Rt 25, The Castle Hill project will add less than 1%. Cluster homes are already an approved concept for the Borough, because it preserves open land and builds homes with sewer and public water. I'm Suggesting the Zoning Board should approve this because its a proposal that meets conservation goals and "checks" all the boxes.

A Development Must Be A Good Fit

Head on a swivel at all times - especially in grocery parking lots! Keep an eye out for folks turning at the flagpole - it befuddles them at times.

Please Drive Safe In 2025

How do you propose tapping the brakes, Dave? 8-30g already trumps any local regulations- you don't have a brake pedal to push. Brookfield, Trumbull and now Ridgefield have a clear case for a moratorium based on the development (thanks to 8-30g) that has already occurred. I don't see a clear case for Newtown to request a moratorium... yet.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

Nobody is suggesting shutting the doors on new neighbors. What neighboring towns are doing, and what we should be doing too, is to tap the brakes on all of the multi-family residential development proposals so that we can spend 6 months updating our regulations such that if you want to build dense residential housing here, XX percent of it needs to be affordable (we will never make any headway on increasing our percentage of affordable housing otherwise, short of 8-30g), and the rest needs to be done in as low an impact manner as possible. Low impact on traffic, health & safety, the environment and on the cost of town services.

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Enrollment Open For History Camp

This Week’s NHS Graduation Was The Perfect Day For A Cap And Gown

Messages Of Inspiration For The NHS Class of 2023

2023 Profiles In Professionalism Honorees Recognized

Flames Cooled: BOE Votes Unanimously To Keep Books, Create Mechanism For Administering Access

Fairfield Author Discusses Craft With Reed Students

Top Five Percent Of NHS Class Of 2023 Announced

Book Challenge Discussion Flanked By Fired-Up Supporters, Opponents

Middle Gate Carnival Event Makes A Splash

‘Mindfulness Mornings’ Instill Peace And Focus In Middle Gate Students