World famous dance company Pilobolus is known for the joy it brings to people from all walks of life, from professional dancers and preschoolers to senior citizens and special needs students. Beginnin...

Artwork created by students in Newtown High School art teacher Carol Pelligra's art portfolio class this semester is on view at C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, through January 24, when a closing r...

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 308 has announced the start of its Teacher of the Year award. Teachers who promote civic responsibility, flag etiquette, and patriotism are prime candidates for...

By Eliza Hallabeck The Board of Education heard about more areas of the superintendent's proposed 2017-18 budget at its meeting on Tuesday, January 10. The next budget workshop meeting is a public hea...

By Eliza Hallabeck Each year Hawley Elementary School fourth grade students complete community service projects as part of the school's social studies curriculum. Recently, fourth grade teacher Michae...

The Board of Education continued its discussion of the superintendent's proposed 2017-18 budget at its meeting on Thursday, January 5. The Superintendent's Requested Operational Plan was first present...

Eighth grade students in Newtown Middle School computer integration teacher Rachel Smith's classes spend the rotation working on applications for Android devices. This rotation's round of projects cov...

Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 40 Dodgingtown Road, is offering Morning Glories Parent & Child classes. The winter session begins January 10 and runs for ten weeks, for $335.waldorfct.org/parentchi...

A number of Newtown High School orchestra, band, and chorus students visited Reed Intermediate School on Tuesday, December 20, to perform for and inspire the fifth and sixth grade students. "I've been...

Members of a Kindness Committee at Hawley Elementary School hosted an assembly on Friday, December 23, to celebrate kindness. The event featured the whole school singing along to songs, all rehearsed ...