Newtown News

Three explosive-detecting military dogs , their handlers and two supervisors of the Connecticut National Guard are set to be deployed for the first time -- to Afghanistan -- with a send-off ceremony scheduled for Saturday.

Members of the VFW Post 308 Ladies Auxiliary stand at attention as surviving veterans of the armed forces are honored at the May 28 Memorial Day service.--Bee Photo, Crevier Close to 100 people disregarded their own comfort Monday morning, May 28.

A A major development on the Stony Hill Inn property on Route 6, is in the early stages of planning.

Retired officer in charge of the Hawleyville Post Office Jane Payne admires the newly re-stored stamp window, Wednesday, May 30, through which she passed thousands of stamps to customers when it was operational.

Spectators flood toward railings and overhangs to watch the nearly 4,000 numbered yellow ducks bob along on the Pootatuck River's current Saturday, May 26.-Bee Photos, Bobowick Crowding the Pootatuck River's banks Saturday, May 26, were hundreds of residents watching waves of yellow rubber ducks bobbing along the water's surface.

At about 7:05 pm on May 27, police said they were attempting to stop motorist Kyle McCarthy, 19, of 12 Elana Lane on Philo Curtis Road in connection with a complaint about a domestic dispute, after which McCarthy engaged police in pursuit.

Fresh Air Fund chairperson Marie Athans of Newtown has an urgent message: "We need more families in the Newtown area" to welcome inner-city children to their homes for a weeklong stay this summer.

Misty Water Colored Memories Police received phone calls from worried parents at 8:17 Wednesday morning after a man in a white Acura TSX was seen filming students getting off the bus at Monroe Elementary School.

Local police say a 41-year-old Danbury man was killed Wednesday evening after the lawnmower he was riding flipped over, crushing him.

Local police say a 41-year-old man was killed Wednesday evening after the lawnmower he was riding flipped over, crushing him.

A When saxophonist Roger Ball first composed the classic funk instrumental "Pick Up the Pieces" in the 1970s,A heA and his bandmates, in the Average White Band, were not overly impressed with the tune.

Wednesday's high school results results Baseball State second round Greenwich 4, Conard 1 East Hartford 2, Fairfield Prep 0 Shelton 5, Newtown 0 Waterford 7, Foran 2 Ellington 6, Stonington 1 Plainville 5, Norwich Tech 1 Cromwell 10, Windsor Locks 3 Boys golf Fairfield Prep 15,... Voters narrowly approved the town's 2012-13 municipal budget but ... (more)

On May 28,A Kevin McCarthy, 21, of South Main St, Newtown, was charged with grabbing two girls at Stop and Shop,A 228 South Main Street, Newtown.

Newtown is preparing for its 9th Annual Relay For Life, which will return to Newtown Youth Academy at Fairfield Hills on Relay is a 12-hour noncompetitive event that invites people of all ages and abilities to walk a course while raising funds and awareness for the battle against all forms of cancer.

This is the first in a series of Tales of Fairfield Hills, stories shared by local residents who worked and lived there when the property was a functioning psychiatric institution.

A In the continued wake of last year's storms, the First Selectmen of Redding, Ridgefield and Newtown presented frustration filled testimony to the State of Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in New Britain on May 25.A The testimony was a cooperation between First Selectmen Rudy Marconi of Ridgefield, Natalie Ketcham of Redding, and ... (more)

Fairfield Hills State Hospital 185-acre campus in Newtown Run by the state Department of Mental Health Cornerstone laid in 1931 Facility grew to more than 20 buildings by the 1950s By the late 1960s, it had more than 4,000 patients, 20 doctors and 50 nurses.

This past Sunday I stopped by the Elephant's Trunk flea market. Early in the afternoon as dealers were packing up I stumbled across a large wooden box of old papers.

R. R. Donnelley plans to close its Danbury, Conn., facility in early August and 145 people will lose their jobs.

Federal environmental officials are spending more than $1 million to help Connecticut municipalities clean up and redevelop contaminated properties and boost local economies.