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Victoria Soto’s brother recalls Sandy Hook shootings
Carlos Soto, 16, told an interviewer at a conference on gun violence on Monday that after his sister, Victoria, a 27-year-old teacher was killed in the at Sandy Hook shootings “I believe I lay in my …
NYC street renamed for Benjamin Wheeler
A New York City street has been renamed in honor of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook School massacre last December. Family and friends of Benjamin Wheeler gathered Saturday for a ceremony in …
“Broadway Sings for Newtown” benefit is set
“Broadway Sings for Newtown,” will be presented Thursday, September 19 at Walnut Hill Community Church, 156 Walnut Hill Road, in Bethel. The 7 p.m. performance will benefit HealingNewtown.com, a …
NEA funds director for HealingNewtown
The Newtown Cultural Arts Commission announced this week that a grant from the National Endowments of the Arts will enable them to recruit a Director of HealingNewtown, a site created after 12/14/2012 …
Broadway stars will perform at Newtown concert
The 2013 Newtown Arts Festival announces a special benefit concert, “Broadway Sings for Newtown,” to be held as part of the festival’s eight days of cultural programming on Thursday, September 19 at …
Daughter of slain Sandy Hook principal marries
Erica Lafferty, 27, the youngest daughter of Dawn Hochsprung, the Sandy Hook principal who was among the 26 killed in the December rampage, paid special homage to her mom at her July 6 wedding. …
Newtown rallies for Moore, OK tornado victims
Members of the Newtown VFW are partnering with the VFW in Oklahoma City to deliver aid to the tornado victims, a spokeswoman for the Newtown post’s auxiliary said Tuesday morning. “I have been …
Parkers describe their meeting with Peter Lanza
The parents of one of the 20 first-graders killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre met with the gunman’s father for more than an hour in an effort to bring some closure to the tragedy, …
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