Photos from the issue dated June 24, 2011

Photos from the editorial files of The Newtown Bee.

The state has designated Newtown as a HEART Safe community, recognizing the town’s efforts in the area of cardiac care. In ceremonies at Newtown Municipal Center on June 17, Gary St Amand, second from left, a health program associate with the heart disease and stroke prevention unit of the state Department of Public Health, presented a plaque and road sign to the town signifying its HEART Safe status. Among those involved in the HEART Safe program in Newtown are, from left, John Voket of The Newtown Bee; First Selectman Pat Llodra; Health Director Donna Culbert; Emergency Management Director Bill Halstead; and Liz Cain of Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. (Gorosko photo)

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The state has designated Newtown as a HEART Safe community, recognizing the town’s efforts in the area of cardiac care. In ceremonies at Newtown Municipal Center on June 17, Gary St Amand, second from left, a health program associate with the heart disease and stroke prevention unit of the state Department of Public Health, presented a plaque and road sign to the town signifying its HEART Safe status. Among those involved in the HEART Safe program in Newtown are, from left, John Voket of The Newtown Bee; First Selectman Pat Llodra; Health Director Donna Culbert; Emergency Management Director Bill Halstead; and Liz Cain of Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. (Gorosko photo)

Newtown HEART Safe Community