Photos from the week of April 23, 2010

Staff photos from the editorial files of The Newtown Bee.

Father Eusebio Martinez visited Newtown from his southern Texas home of Edinburg earlier this month. The priest for a parish of more than 4,000 families has a difficult job in one of the poorest towns of the country, but says his parishioners nevertheless have hope and faith. (Hicks photo)

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Father Eusebio Martinez visited Newtown from his southern Texas home of Edinburg earlier this month. The priest for a parish of more than 4,000 families has a difficult job in one of the poorest towns of the country, but says his parishioners nevertheless have hope and faith. (Hicks photo)

Father Eusebio Martinez Holy Family St Rose Hicks

$Police report a two-vehicle accident about 6:32 am April 15 on Berkshire Road (Route 34) at its intersection with Zoar Road. Police said motorcyclist James F. Repasi, Jr, 22, of 25 Chestnut Hill Road was driving a Ducati southward on Berkshire Road, as motorist Anne V. Stein, 57, of 14 Yogananda Street was driving a Volvo XC-70 station wagon northward there. The motorcycle crossed the road’s center lines while negotiating a curve and then struck the Volvo’s front bumper. Repasi was thrown from the motorcycle by the impact and was then transported by ambulance volunteers to Danbury Hospital for treatment of injuries. Stein was later treated for injuries. Sandy Hook volunteer firefighters responded to the accident scene. Police issued Repasi an infraction for failure to drive to the right. (Hicks photo)$

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