This year was a stellar year for the Newtown community. The summer was packed with annual events such as the Labor Day parade, LobsterFest, and the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale. The ...

Catherine’s Learning Barn at the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary is quickly taking shape and evolving a corner of the 34-acre property. Jenny Hubbard, the director of the animal sanctuary, ...

Johannes Marinus Velthuizen, 77, of Creedmoor, N.C., passed away Monday, December 23, at Duke Regional Hospital. Born on May 12,1947 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he was the son of the late Andries ...

President Joseph Biden has ordered flags lowered in memory of James Earl Carter Jr, the 39th President of the United States, who died on December 29. The peanut farmer who won the presidency in the ...

Newtown Police report Kristen McManus, 67, of Sandy Hook, operating a 2023 Audi A3 Premi, was stopped in traffic for a red light at the intersection of Berkshire Road and Bennetts Bridge Road at 8:18 ...

Newtown resident Gavin Bazuro, who is also a member of Troop 770, excitedly presented his Eagle Scout Project at Newtown Animal Shelter on the chilly morning of Saturday, December 7. He and his family ...

The Genealogy Club of Newtown will conduct its next meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, January 8, at 7 pm. The focus of the program will be research for the book, Plentiful Country: The Great Potato ...

Newtown High School’s wrestling program is asking for financial support to help defray the costs of in-season travel, coach travel, and equipment costs not in the school budget. The team has a Go Fund ...

Audiences recently enjoyed two performances of The Nutcracker Suite by students of Newtown Centre of Classical Ballet (NCCB). The show was staged as part of Newtown Holiday Festival — as well as a ...

Hawley Elementary School students and staff came together for the school’s 12th annual Kindness Assembly on Friday, December 20. The assembly originally began as a sing-a-long, but has grown over the ...

Another year chock full of more championships, records, and lasting memories is in the books in the world of Newtown sports. From individual success stories to team triumphs — to Newtown High School’s ...

The Commission on Aging invited Maureen Crick Owen to speak about the Mary Hawley Public Service Award during their Monday, December 16 meeting. Crick Owen, who is a selection committee member for the ...