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The Planning & Zoning Commission approved the proposed development at 2-4-6-8 Riverside Road on Thursday, November 21. The vote carried 4-1, with Connie Widmann, Greg Rich, Roy Meadows, and Peter Schwarz, who acted as an alternate, voted in favor. Ba...

At the latest Economic Development Commission meeting on Tuesday, November 19, Bronson Hawley visited to talk to the commissioners about the Mary Hawley Public Service Award. As readers may recall, the first award was given to Gordon Williams in Augu...

According to Wikipedia, Thanksgiving is a “celebration [that] dates to 1863 and has been linked to the Pilgrims 1621 harvest festival since the late 19th Century. As the name implies, the theme of the holiday generally revolves around giving thanks w...

Governor Ned Lamont has directed US and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff in honor of former Governor M. Jodi Rell, who passed away at a Florida hospital on Wednesday, November 20, following a brief illness. She was 78 years old. Flags...

Newtown Public Schools invites everyone to the Bridgeport Islanders’ Hockey Fights Cancer Night, when the team will honor and support those affected by cancer at one of their games. The special event is planned for Saturday, November 23. Puck drop is...

Family: My mother, father, and younger sister and her two children, who live in Pennsylvania; and here, my fiancée. How did you meet your fiancée? We met at The Cadillac Ranch in Southington. It was a complete random by-chance meeting. When w...

Head O’Meadow Elementary School honored veterans with an outdoor flag raising ceremony, followed by a breakfast in the school’s cafeteria, on Monday, November 11. The school started its annual Veterans Day celebrations outside the building, where stu...

St Rose of Lima School honored veterans with an assembly in the school’s gym on Monday, November 11. Students from grades 3-8, as well as St Rose staff, were in attendance for the special occasion. The event started with students and staff singing “G...

On Friday, November 1, Newtown resident Peter Friedman and his co-writer, Grant Copeland, took temporary residence on the third floor of The Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury to share with the community their new book, I’ll Get the Tip: Moments Between t...

Newtown Middle School honored veterans with a special Veterans Day Breakfast & Celebration event on Monday, November 11. Students and staff brought in veterans for a special breakfast held in the school’s cafeteria, which was all decked out for the o...