Community Insider Perks

News

Pooches Plunge

The 2026 Newton Municipal Pool season came to a close on Aug. 15 with the annual “Pooches Plunge.”

Photo Gallery

School gets underway

Hallways filled with chatter and school lawns filled with family photos Wednesday and Thursday as students officially returned to class for the start of the 2026–2027 school year, following Wednesday’s orientation day dedicated to first-year students.

Special Sections

logo

Opinion

How American society shields perpetrators of child sexual abuse

By: Sarah LischerWidespread denial accompanied the public exposure of Jeffrey Epstein’s decades-long sexual abuse and trafficking of girls and women.After the U.S. Justice Department released millions of case documents on Epstein in January 2026, billionaires,…

Conversations

Lifestyle

The Amish Cook: An early alarm clock

By Gloria YoderThe alarm clock was set earlier than usual. We were all geared up to head north to visit several chestnut farms in Iowa. Since that day six years ago when Daniel first told…