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Published: May 04, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Coming off a loss in last year’s Newtown High School softball program fundraiser game, the baseball team beat the girls at their own game to even the overall series at a game apiece. More importantly, members of both teams had plenty of fun and $723 ...
Published: May 04, 2024 at 06:50 AM
Newtown High School’s boys’ lacrosse team won a pair of lopsided tilts this past week, toppling host Bunnell of Stratford 14-0 on April 25, then bouncing back from a 5-2 setback at Trumbull on April 27 with a convincing 16-1 triumph over visiting Dan...
Published: May 03, 2024 at 04:00 PM
May 7, 1999
HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER OF Wally Wood.
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Last month’s tragedy in Littleton, Colo., and the fear that it could happen again brought parents to the high school Wednesday night for a meeting on school violence. The meeting room at Ne...
Updated: May 06, 2024 at 08:11 AM
Magdalene “Maggie” Schaefer Sorrentino, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed away on Saturday, April 27, at age 90.
She was born and raised in New York City and made her home for the past 58 years in Newtown. She w...
Published: May 03, 2024 at 08:00 AM
We’re midway through the spring 2024 edition of Lights Out Connecticut. Newtown Conservation Commission is encouraging residents to support Audubon’s Lights Out program to save migratory birds from deadly window collisions caused by artificial lighti...
Published: May 03, 2024 at 08:00 AM
Flags are to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, May 5, in recognition of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service, an annual observance honoring the sacrifices of firefighters across the country who have died in the l...
Published: May 03, 2024 at 07:00 AM
The Ladies Auxiliary of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue plans to present the second of its two annual flower sales next weekend. On Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, auxiliary members will be at the fire company’s main station, 18-20 Riverside Road,...
Published: May 03, 2024 at 07:00 AM
BROOKFIELD — When typical Americans Peter and Cindy Kirby invite college exchange student Rob into their home, they find he is the perfect guest — even though he has a lot to learn.
Their daughter Kate helps Rob navigate American society with the hel...
Published: May 03, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Following a rejection of the school budget by 507 votes at a referendum on April 23, the Legislative Council at its April 29 meeting slashed $1,408,307 from the Board of Education’s proposed 2024-25 budget.
The reduction was unanimously approved by a...
Published: May 03, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia Halstead has announced that the Town Clerk’s office will have Special Absentee Voting Hours ahead of the Board of Education referendum from 9 am to noon Saturday, May 11.
Registered local voters are heading back to referend...
