Spring sprang onto the scene weeks ago - buried beneath the winter's largest snowfall - but it is only as April segues into May that we appreciate what the season means to us in the Northern Hemispher...

The annual referendum to approve town and school budgets takes place Tuesday, April 25. Newtown voters will be asked to approve $40,399,575 for the municipal budget for 2017-18 and separately, to appr...

With the 47th anniversary of Earth Day just around the corner on April 22, it seems ironically sad that laws regulating emissions rules, limits on methane leaks, and regulations to fossil fuel industr...

"Hate crimes don't just harm one individual or one piece of property-they're intended to hurt an entire community. That's what makes hate crimes so dangerous and insidious. But that's also why it'...

A February 10 "Way We Were" column entry from 1992 noted that high speed traffic and pedestrian safety were an issue at the flagpole intersection - an issue that 25 years later continues to be a conce...

The recent update on the proposed community center for Newtown holds disappointment for swimmers who dreamed of streaming with sharklike precision from one end of an Olympic-sized pool to the other. F...

"When Irish eyes are smiling, sure it's like a morn in spring. In the lilt of Irish laughter, you can hear the angels sing..." St Patrick's Day brings out the Irish in all of us. Stout is quaffed...

As woefully deficient in name as the stream over which it runs, Bridge No. 03271 on Route 302 is scheduled for a facelift by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, beginning this month. The rep...

In past weeks, areas of town have experienced thousands of blackbirds gathered in treetops and cornfields, creating a kind of aviary town hall that meets, greets, and then moves on to perch and preach...

There is no way to predict what is coming down the road tomorrow, next year, or decades to come; a crystal ball would be handy when the realities of living collide.newtown-ct.gov website, or by callin...