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Newtown, Connecticut is located in Fairfield County. Zip codes in Newtown, CT include 06470. The median home price in Newtown is $447,000 which is roughly $172/per square foot. More Newtown information.

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3 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Stay in and try one of these slow cooker recipes

I sometimes get stuck in a rut when it comes to dinner. I don't really make the same things over and over, but I do occasionally lack inspiration.

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7 hrs ago | TheDay.Com

Mental health intervention is intent of bill in state Senate

"In one day all of the problems in our mental health system that I knew existed intellectually and that I had seen in my professional life manifested themselves in the most personal and tragic way," said Nelba L. Marquez-Greene, licensed marriage and family therapist and mother of Newtown victim Ana Grace Marquez-Greene. Marquez-Greene said she has ... (more)

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Mon May 20, 2013

Philly.com

Eight tips for talking with your kids

In the aftermath of the December 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., Philly.com compiled this list of tips for parents and guardians to address questions from their children.

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Connecticut Post

Newtown officials withhold death certificates

More than five months after the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook shootings, the town clerk's office remains steadfast in its refusal to release death certificates of the victims.

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Cape Cod Times

Competitive races, nine debt exclusions on Orleans ballot

Four of the nine questions were not approved at town meeting May 13, but if they win approval at the election Tuesday, they will have a three-year "shelf-life," said Town Administrator John Kelly.

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WNYT NewsChannel 13

Vote to make it illegal to carry gun in open Tuesday

City leaders in will vote this week on a move to make it illegal to carry a gun in the open.

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Brookale Public Radio

NJ Assembly taking up 4 gun bills

The Assembly is planning final votes on the first four new gun-related laws expected to reach Gov.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Connecticut Post

Touch of home returns with Flagpole Radio

Performing in The Flagpole Radio Cafe, from left to right, Rob Bonacorso, Rick Brodsky, Dick Neil, Howie Bujese, Francine Wheeler, Jim Allyn, Martin Blanco, David Wheeler and Kate Katcher at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Conn.

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The Day

Local policing isn't just local anymore

The job of local law enforcement officers has never been easy. Each day an officer steps onto the street and into the unknown.

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UnionLeader.com

Underestimating NH: Gun control picks two wrong targets

National gun control groups that are focusing unprecedented pressure on U.S. Sen.

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The Newtown Bee

Green Ribbon Ride Raised $50,000

A motorcycle ride that made its way through Newtown on May 5 that was meant to honor those killed on 12/14 also raised $50,000, which will be divided among ten groups.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Memeorandum

Killing in Greenwich Village Looks Like Hate Crime, Police Say

Gay man shot dead in Village after gunman shouted homophobic slurs: authorities - A gay man was gunned down in Greenwich Village early today by an armed bigot who hurled homophobic slurs at him - and claimed to be the Newtown, Conn.

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Connecticut Post

SWAT teams guarded Sandy Hook students

A police road block is at the entrance to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday, Jan.

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The Daily Record

Letter: Hypocrisy in call for conscience

In reference to the "Call for Conscience" by the advocates for gun control, I am sure we all have heartfelt sympathy for the families who lost their precious ones in Newtown, Conn., and to any parent who has ever lost a child.

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Patch.com

Town Meeting Approves $285K for Improved School Security

Burlington Town Meeting voted to appropriate funds to be used to increase school security during the Wednesday session of the annual May Town Meeting.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Examiner.com

The Business of Gun Sales and Politics

In the aftermath of the gut-wrenching massacre of 20 elementary school children and six adult staff members, last December, at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in ways big and small Americans' cultural views on guns have remained the same.

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Connecticut Post

Newtown officials withhold death certificates

More than five months after the Sandy Hook shootings, the town clerk's office is steadfast in its refusal to release death certificates for those slain Dec.

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The Miami Herald

Colorado sheriffs sue over new gun restrictions

Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

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The Stamford Daily Voice

Danbury Educators Spring Forward For Sandy Hook With 5K Race/Walk

DANBURY, Conn. Although no district felt the impact harder than Newtown, teachers in Danbury lost friends and colleagues as well in last December's massacre at Sandy Hook.

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Nooga.com

Gov. Bill Haslam signs bills geared at school security, tax reduction

Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill into law that will allow teachers with law enforcement training to carry weapons in classrooms.

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Air Quality Alert for Fairfield County was issued at May 20 at 3:29PM EDT