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On Halloween morning, about a hundred Newtown residents gathered for the annual Halloween Parade at the Newtown Community Center. Starting at 11 am, families started marching through the Community Center, into the Senior Center, and then out and thro...

A longtime resident with approximately 50 years in the fire service died Monday night after being struck by a motor vehicle. Botsford Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Pete Blomberg, 72, was on his way to the Board of Fire Commissioners annual dinner meeti...

Peter (“Pete”) Joseph Blomberg, 72, of Newtown, passed away unexpectedly on October 28, 2024. Chief Blomberg was en route to the annual Newtown Board of Fire Commissioners meeting in Sandy Hook when he was struck by a vehicle and succumbed to his inj...

Daniel (Dan) Scott Krauss passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family at Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut on October 28, 2024, following a long battle with complications from congestive heart failure. Born on October 2, 1975, to Albert...

The October 27 Newtown Bridle Lands Association’s (NBLA) Frost on the Pumpkin Hunter Pace, held on Mount Nebo Road, was a total success, according to participants and organizers alike. There was actually a light touch of frost on the pumpkins as dawn...

Ghosts, goblins, witches, dinosaurs, firefighters, princesses (you name it) were on hand trunk-or-treating and getting into the spirit in advance of Halloween at the Children’s Adventure Center’s (CAC) Boo Fest, held the evening of October 24. Everyo...

Today I lost my best friend. It was a day I never expected. If I have to find any solace in it, I was with him when he went peacefully. He passed, suddenly, in his favorite place — his mom’s rocking chair. Bill or Papa, as he was better known, was bo...

Connecticut State Police held an interactive Social Media Awareness event open to all Newtown parents and guardians at Newtown Middle School’s auditorium on Tuesday, October 15. Trooper First Class James White led the presentation and covered the dif...

Name: Jenna Visca Position: Education Reporter Duties: I cover education news all over Newtown, whether it’s in the schools, at Board of Education meetings, events at C.H. Booth Library, and beyond. Other than that, I write general news s...

Family: my parents, Mike and Deb; sister Kate, brother-in-law David, and niece and nephew Jamie and Zach. Do you have any nicknames? Oz. Pets? Just a couple (laughs). I have three dogs — Charlie, Seamus and Zinnia; and we have 30-some-odd...