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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

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 found itself presented with an interesting conundrum at its recent meeting on January 21. A resident approached the council for a second time after some talks with Councilman ...

Shoot first and don’t worry about anyone asking you questions later.” This appears to be a new policy at the Department of ...