Senior living apartments get zoning nod
By Adam Strunk The City of Newton approved a zoning change to allow the construction of senior living apartments on a parcel of land…….
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North Newton’s taking out bonds to upgrade infrastructure and amenities
By Wendy Nugent and Adam Strunk, Newton Now NORTH NEWTON—The North Newton City Council discussed at its monthly meeting issuing about $1.6 million in general……
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Businesses, high school benefit from relationships
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now With the help of the Newton High School Career and Technical Education Department (CTE), senior Alex Murray is tooling……
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Halstead student earns scholarship through service
By Bill Bush HALSTEAD—When Halstead senior Samantha Oakes volunteered to help Halstead High School Athletic Director James O’Brien with the Rupp Tournament her junior……
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La Dolce Vita sees successful turnout
By Jared Janzen HALSTEAD–More than 300 people were transported to the land of Italy, last Saturday night, where they enjoyed a fine meal in……
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Sedgwick community works together, builds playground
By Bill Bush SEDGWICK—On Feb. 2, volunteers gathered at the R.L. Wright Elementary School playground to install the new playground equipment purchased by the……
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Preheim leaves a legacy of music, kindness
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Much of Norma Preheim’s life revolved around music, since she was a music teacher in the local school district,……
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New Heart-to-Heart director has long journalism career
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Laura Kelly reported on the unpleasant underbelly of the world when she worked at The Wichita Eagle from 1981-2007, having……
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Art group raising money for next downtown mural
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now Peggy Wambold of Newton sat in her chair as the winter sun painted its warmth through her glass doors, while……
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From scratch: Lunchroom workers cook up a baking career
By Wendy Nugent, Newton Now When they go home from work at night, most people probably don’t want to do what they did during the……
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