The Board of Education unanimously appointed Reed Intermediate School physical education teacher Aaron Blank as Newtown High School interim assistant principal, at its meeting on August 15 .An expande...

When C.H. Booth Library Young Adult Librarian Kim Weber asked the group of students at the August 2 "Make & Take Chocolate for Teens" presentation in the library's Meeting Room how many of them like c...

A number of Newtown Public Schools kindergarten to eighth grade educators participated in the "2017 Summer Institute: K-8 Writing Strategies in the Workshop Model" from July 24 to July 27. Each day ed...

As young girls pretended to sleep, then wake, the Little Dance Company owner Maureen Capalbo offered instructions and directions on July 28, the final day of the weeklong Newtown Parks & Recreation Da...

By the afternoon of August 3, nearly all of the new seats for the Newtown High School auditorium were in place. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed around August 21 or 22, and t...

Representatives from the Candlewood Fencing Center of Danbury demonstrated the basics of fencing to seven children, aged 5 through 12, and their parents in the meeting room at the C.H. Booth Library o...

Dr Lorrie Rodrigue began her time as interim superintendent of Newtown Public Schools this week, following the retirement of former Superintendent of Schools Joseph V. Erardi, Jr.Board of Education un...

The second session of Newtown Continuing Education's SMART (Summer Music and Art) camp wrapped up in July 28 with a showcase of what students have learned in programs over the prior two weeks.The firs...