A bill in Hartford, SB-673, provides for the town of Newtown to use the property at 6 Commerce Road for recreational and open space purposes. I strongly ask that residents consider ...

I was honored to stand with a number of other women from our community on Saturday, March 8, on the Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Bridge in Westport on International Women’s Day. We joined ...

Aesop’s Fables warned us “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” Here in Newtown, there’s been some risky counting of unhatched chickens. At their meeting on March 6, the Board ...

I appreciate Herb Rosenthal’s dedication to recycling and his many years of service to Newtown and the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority (HRRA). When I was first elected to the ...

We thank all interested parties for their interest and follow-up relative to the status of the Town of Newtown’s request to update an “Economic Development” deed-restriction on the ...

Our town’s 2025-2026 First Selectman’s Budget outlines an estimated 4-5% increase over last year’s budget, a necessary step to address rising costs that directly impact our community.

Joseph Frederick Mesinger passed away on March 7 at the age of 73. Born on November 28, 1951, in Ossining, N.Y., Joe’s life ...

Get ready for an evening full of fun, dancing, and fundraising at Chase’s Country Line Dancing Hoedown on Friday, April 25, 6 ...

Newtown Allies For Change (NAFC) has partnered with journalist Lisa Peterson, who has been tracing the last known days of ...

Newtown State Representative Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) and Tony Scott (R-112), the Ranking House Republican on the General Assembly’s Housing Committee, will co-host a Housing Moratorium and 8-30g ...

On Wednesday, March 26, 6:30 pm, at Newtown Community Center, Jennifer Heaton-Jones, executive director of the Housatonic ...

Newtown High School’s boys’ swimming and diving team came in fourth in the South-West Conference Championships, which ...