Connecticut's reputation for regulatory zeal when it comes to curbing the use of guns and the reach of Second Amendment protections has made it a crucible for the advocacy apparatus of the gun industr...

A poster found in all of Newtown's public schools portrays the core characteristics our schools strive to instill in students, as a tree. At its roots is the characteristic of perseverance. Its trunk ...

Last year, Newtown's housing market started to rouse from a long slumber, and the Planning and Zoning Commission approved two major multifamily housing complexes. One, on a 42-acre site off Hawleyvill...

National Random Acts of Kindness Day, February 17, is barely behind us. So it seems sadly ironic that while people worldwide connected through anonymous acts of goodwill, others pondered random acts o...

There is an unspoken principle that characterizes the spirit and culture of Newtown that the community applies pretty much across the board from its youth athletic fields to its board rooms: If you ar...

Three Newtown High School students have been arrested on charges related to sexting, the sharing of sexually explicit photographs of themselves or others, by using cellphones, instant messaging, or si...