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Published: Apr 12, 2025 at 07:30 AM
On Tuesday, April 22, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, will be hosting another blood drive through the American Red Cross. The drive will run from 8:30 am-5 pm, giving readers plenty of time to stop in and help save a life.
For those wh...
Published: Apr 12, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Children and families of Christ the King Lutheran Church spent the morning of Saturday, March 29, collecting items for a donation drive to benefit Newtown Animal Control Shelter.
Members of the Newtown community and beyond dropped off requested items...
Published: Apr 12, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Each month Newtown Allies For Change (NAFC) shines a spotlight on a local person, business, or organization that has demonstrated exemplary behavior of allyship of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). This month, the grassroots advocacy group ...
Published: Apr 12, 2025 at 07:30 AM
The World Heritage Cultural Center will present the first International Food and Music Festival on Saturday, May 10, 10 am-8 pm, at the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue main station, 18-20 Riverside Road.
One of the festival’s highlights will be th...
Published: Apr 12, 2025 at 07:00 AM
C.H. Booth Library has recently announced that Danbury resident Shannon Henggeler won their 2025 Adult Winter Reading Bingo Challenge. The challenge ran from January 3 to March 13 and encouraged people to step out of their comfort zone and read somet...
Published: Apr 12, 2025 at 06:50 AM
Sparked by Aashni Shetty’s school record-setting long and triple jump performances, Newtown High School’s girls’ outdoor track and field team sprung into action with a victorious opening meet, at Joel Barlow of Redding on April 8.
Despite the cold — ...
Published: Apr 12, 2025 at 06:50 AM
Newtown High School’s baseball team nearly overcame a seven-run deficit in an 11-10 loss to host Fairfield Ludlowe, at Kiwanis Field, in the April 8 season opener.
The Nighthawks took the early lead with a pair of runs on a Wes Keayes first-inning si...
Published: Apr 11, 2025 at 04:00 PM
April 14, 2000
HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Fawn Schmidt.
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The state Department of Labor has decided against paying unemployment benefits to former police chief James E. Lysaght, Jr, deciding he was terminated from his $65,280 annual post by t...
Published: Apr 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
To the Editor:
I am writing today to urge my neighbors to please vote “yes” on referendum questions 5, 6, and 7.
There is a real danger that if we do not give the Town permission to issue bonds to cover these critical infrastructure projects, the lib...
Published: Apr 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
To the Editor:
We have some important decisions to make here in Newtown on April 22. Number 5 on the ballot is for a bond measure for a new HVAC system for the library. The library currently works on one of two boilers; the other hasn’t worked for so...
