Posted on August 21, 2024

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The Newtown Emergency Management team is working through the process to give FEMA the documentation it requires to assist. Your information will be added to the list of affected properties within Newtown.

Currently, municipalities are assessing the public and private damage caused by the rain event on August 18, 2024.…

Posted on August 20, 2024

Dear Friends & Neighbors:  I hope this email finds you safe and well. The last 36 hours have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience like nothing most of us have ever seen. I’d like to assure you that your town and state leadership teams have been in constant contact to assure your immediate safety, evaluate infrastructure damage, move forward on all repairs that can be done without outside resources, plan & execute… Read More

Posted on August 16, 2024

Today was a terrific day to celebrate an amazing gentleman’s 101st birthday with family, friends, and colleagues, at Maplewood Senior Living at Newtown!

William Rocco Petrone was born on August 20,1923 to Italian immigrant parents, one of 10 brothers & sisters. He & his brothers enlisted and served in WWII, Will as a Sergeant in the Army’s 751st Artillery Battalion, serving under General Patton. At 21, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

Today, at 101, Will is the last surviving of Patton’s storied…