After 19 years of presenting The Great Pootatuck Duck Race on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, Newtown Lions Club has announced a change. This year’s event is being planned for the weekend after the unofficial kickoff of summer.
After 20 years of service to the community, Canine Advocates of Newtown, Inc, (CAN) ended on November 21, 2019. First Selectman Dan Rosenthal made the news public at a Board of Selectmen meeting on De...
The first Town of Newtown Poet Laureate, longtime Newtown resident Lisa Schwartz recently announced she would resign from the honorary position ahead of a move out of the area planned for later this year.
Those born on any of the 365 days of a regular calendar year might take their birth date for granted. But for people born on February 29, the celebration becomes all the more notable given their actual birthday date comes around just once every four years.
Occupation: I’ve been a plumber since the mid-’80s. I started my own business, Pete’s Plumbing, in 1997 when the sewers went into the center of Newtown. I serve all of Fairfield County and occasio...
“Whatever it takes,” was the vow Robin A.F. Olson, president and founder of Kitten Associates in Sandy Hook, made to ensure Flapjack Shortstack had the best chance at a good life.
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"Constellations," written by Nick Payne and directed for Theatreworks New Milford’s season opening by Viv Berger, is a thoughtful and intellectual piece which lingers well past its curtain.
Probably a good topic to discuss the pro and cons of. At the same time we should discuss why Mitch Bolinsky voted against the CT Gun Control legislation passed in 2023.
If you disagree with your neighbor's sign, put up your own sign. Don't steal or deface their sign. NOTE: the police or the political party groups are not going to get your sign back so don't bother with them.
no MSNBC, but I do turn on Fox News every so often when there is nothing good on Comedy Central. So instead of Blinken and the clowns you want to send in the criminal/rapist and Rudy Giuliani? Sounds like a winning strategy.