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Kevin Kinyon, 43, and Michael Caldwell, 39, feel they have a really good gig. In fact, they say they've had 80,000 of them since launching their Web site, www.GigMasters.com , in 1997.

Mile-a-minute vine -- the kudzu of the North -- may be less enveloping in 2010, thanks to grants from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Mile-a-minute vine -- the kudzu of the north -- may be less enveloping in 2010, thanks to grants from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Only the vehicles parked out front hint at the age of this Edmond Town Hall photo in this postcard loaned to The Bee by Chris Spiro.

A Derby woman was arrested for driving under the influence after Newtown police investigated a complaint of erratic operation on Route 25 Sunday, according to a police report.

Its head was a small sack stuffed with straw, with eyes, nose, and mouth painted on it to represent a face.

I am running as part of a team for the Board of Selectman with my running mate, Joe Hemingway, and a team of Democratic candidates.

The following animals are available for adoption from the Newtown pound, which is located at the end of Ethan Allen Road : Delilah DELILAH is a female Shar-Pei who enjoys long walks and will sniff just about everything in sight.

On Saturday, there's a Hoe of a show going on. At 7 p.m. the acoustic string band with that garden tool name will perform alongside musician Katie Wilson at Edmond Town Hall Theatre at 45 Main St.

Trash in a garbage truck caught fire Tuesday morning, forcing police to shut down Main Street for three hours after learning there was a chance the truck could explode.

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown 2009 fall art show and sale will be held Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Newtown Meeting House, Main Street at the flagpole, Newtown.

Newtown Hook & Ladder firefighters used hooked poles Tuesday mornng to pick through and separate the trash which had been burning inside a garbage truck.

While the four candidates for first selectman agreed the town has significant problems and is at a crossroads during their Monday night debate, they have different approaches to dealing with the issues.

Traffic heading north is being routed off Route 25 at the flagpole, according to a motorist's report.

Local top of ticket Republican candidates Patricia Llodra and Will Rodgers prioritize the town's financial health and security as the most significant issue facing the town.

The spire of the original St Rose of Lima Catholic Church peak over the tree tops in this postcard donated to The Bee by reader Chris Spiro.

Newtown Friends of Music will present Russian pianist Daria Rabotkina in concert Sunday at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown.

Al's Trail you ask? Yes Al Goodrich left his legacy here. His trail follows over a few mountains in Newtown and above the river.

A Newtown woman was charged with risk of injury to a child after a routine motor vehicle stop on Oct.

Chris Ware/Staff Photographer. From right, Irene Nolan, from Newtown chats about her Arbonne business to Adriane Biscia, from Danbury and Jessica Bittner from New Milford at the Best Western in Bethel during the summer.

A woman connected to the now defunct Newtown Oil Co. faces new federal charges for allegedly defrauding financial institutions of more than $3.5 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Newtown artist Jill Baimel received Best of Show in Photography for "Covered Bridge of Stanislaus County" at the HVCA Juried Fine Arts Exhibition at Danbury Fair Mall.

In a September 18 press briefing, Dr Thomas Frieden, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention noted, "H1N1 is spreading widely throughout the US, particularly in the Southern states, but in most of the country H1N1 activity is now widespread." Because influenza is a very unpredictable infectious disease, though, said Dr Frieden, it ...

The Housatonic Railroad Company has revised its controversial pending state application to expand its solid waste handling at its Hawleyville rail terminal, reducing the proposed volume of waste that would be handled and also omitting certain forms of waste.

As the first wave of swine flu vaccine crosses the country, more than a third of parents don't want their kids vaccinated, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.

The Newtown Public School's five-part strategic plan came together over the course of last year.

Newtown is once again on the path to receive more than $11 million in state funding for the high school expansion project.

State funding for several school construction projects, including a new Head Start building in the city, has been approved by the General Assembly.

Two Sandy Hook residents were arrested on disorderly conduct charges Thursday after getting into a dispute with someone trying to repossess their car, police said.

It was a warm autumn day, and Monroe residents David Tesin, 52, and Ray Donofrio, 57, had picked a good opportunity for a lunchtime cycling excursion from the southern part of their town down to Whitney Avenue in Trumbull.

A Newtown family who recently installed a solar power system in its home is allowing people to come view it Saturday.

A portion of Botsford Hill Road remains closed Friday, police said, because of damage done to the railroad overpass.

Asbestos has been identified in an isolated area of Newtown High School and abatement professionals are expected to start work Thursday, while school is in session, on a two-week plan to clean up the site.

Brian Haag, 37, of 43 Riverside Road, Sandy Hook, was arrested Monday on charges of driving while under the influence, driving on the left side of the highway on a curve or upgrade, and making a restricted turn without signaling.

The state announced Wednesday that it's found mosquitoes carrying eastern equine encephalitis in town here -- one of 20 towns where the potentially-deadly virus has been found this year.