Newtown Health District and Bethel VNA will be conducting flu shot clinics in September and October. The first is scheduled for this weekend at Newtown Community Center.

As local cases of COVID-19 increased by 14 over the past few days, the Newtown Police Department has tapped its Facebook page to broadcast a reminder about new fines that Governor Ned Lamont announced earlier this week.

A measure of relief is being extended to households that have become more financially strapped as a result of pandemic-related employment or income challenges.

Newtown resident and Newtown High School sophomore Daniella Guerrieri created and donated over 200 masks to Newtown Senior Center.

As local schools ready for reopening and a fair number of Newtown’s college students return to campuses across the country and beyond, it remains clear that face coverings will play a critical role in keeping COVID-19 transmission rates low.

Newtown Health District was notified late Thursday, September 3, that a Newtown resident has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). The individual is between the age of 30 and 39 Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert said, and began experiencing symptoms August 14.

The Connecticut Insurance Department seeks public comment at an informational public meeting on the rate proposals filed by Aetna, Anthem Health Plans, ConnectiCare Benefits Inc., Harvard Pilgrim and United Healthcare/Oxford for the 2021 plan year.

Despite extraordinary measures health care worker and Newtown Bridal Lands Association Presdent Dee Cocchia Davis said she has taken to protect herself since the coronavirus began spreading in February, she recalls vividly how on “July 20, it hit.”

Mirroring statewide increases in coronavirus cases that continue creeping up in fits and starts, Newtown’s Health District also saw a slight uptick in cases since last week.