Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team went on the road and handed Kolbe Cathedral its first conference loss in six games, defeating the Cougars 67-62 at Cardinal Shehan Center in Bridgeport on ...

The Division III Newtown-New Fairfield Rebelhawks hockey team came up just short in a tightly-contested 1-0 loss to D-II ...

The South West United girls’ hockey team, comprising players from a variety of towns — including Newtown, with Karli Thompson ...

Tony Berry, regularly seen around town driving his ladder-packed Ford pickup with his dog, Ginger, by his side, died January 20 at Danbury Hospital. He was 91 years old. Born Philip Anthony Berry on ...

On Thursday, January 15, Newtown Planning & Zoning Commission heard the applicant’s rebuttal to the intervenor’s testimony for 90 Mt Pleasant Road. Application 25.25 by Civil 1 is for the ...

The Board of Education (BOE) discussed the proposed 2026-27 education budget of $96,086,919 — a roughly $4,342,275, or 4.73%, increase over the current year — at its Tuesday, January 27 meeting.

After a frenetically-paced second quarter, Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team was in the lead, 32-27, but looking to slow down visiting Kolbe Cathedral’s attack on offense while maintaining ...

Joan Alexander and Newtown Senior Center will host a Lunch and Learn event with First Selectman Bruce Walczak on Wednesday, February 4, starting at noon. The event marks Walczak’s first 60 days in ...

On January 15, 2026, the world lost one of the best. John Peter Ligos, 95, of Long Valley, N.J., passed away peacefully at home. John/JP/Poppy was born on August 5, 1930 in South Orange, N.J., and so ...

The Legislative Council approved the receipt of a $514,119 grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to restore the stream bed of the Pootatuck River near the Aquarion wellfield.

My name is Craig Sears. I am a Connecticut native, a survivor of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and a plaintiff in the Conn.

Democracy is alive and well in Newtown’s Democratic Party. In this year’s race for state representative, we are fortunate to ...