Log In

The Newtown Hawks 9U baseball team won the Cal Ripken State Tournament with an impressive five-game run in the double elimination bracket in New Fairfield in early July. The championship run culminated with an 8-0 win over New Canaan as the Hawks not...

The Newtown 8-year-old district baseball team fell to Stamford in the Cal Ripken State Championship game in Wolcott on July 12. Newtown battled the entire tournament playing seven games in eight days, going 5-2 during that span. Newtown had wins over...

To the Editor: It’s worth remembering a time when compromise was admired as a political skill and a necessary ingredient in any democratic process. Today, compromise is widely viewed as a mark of disloyalty or even low character — an act that invites...

To the Editor: On behalf of the staff and trustees of C.H. Booth Library, I’d like to take a moment to offer thanks to The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library for their annual book sale, which has become a cherished tradition. It is a monumental feat t...

To the Editor, I write today with a heavy heart and a profound sense of disappointment following the recent decision by the Board of Selectmen to discontinue our beloved historic road. As a community, we came together — over a hundred strong — to pas...

To the Editor: Three weeks ago a tropical depression began to develop off the coast of West Africa. Hardly major news. Two weeks later, Hurricane Beryl has set all sorts of records as the first Atlantic storm ever to reach Category 5 status in June. ...

To the Editor: It was rich to see the Republican National Convention enthusiastically “boo” the appearance of Senator Mitch McConnell in its assembly. I’m formerly a registered Republican, but now an Independent. In the moment when Senator Mitch nixe...

To the Editor, The infrastructure repair of roads, as evidenced by the preparation for paving on Currituck Road, in addition to the new road work and paving on Wendover Road, are very much welcomed in Newtown. It is my observation that vehicle speedi...

To the Editor: My family has been in this town for 25 years. We moved here for the quaint “small town” feel. In the years we have been here we’ve seen exponential growth so much to the point it makes it almost impossible to get around town at times t...

As much as opponents of the proposed 20-60 Castle Hill Road development expressed anger and dismay at the Board of Selectmen’s 2-1 vote to discontinue Reservoir Road as a paper street, with shouts of “shame” going up among a few members following the...