Overwhelmed by the outpouring of support after the Sandy Hook school massacre, Newtown, Conn., officials are asking the public to stop sending gifts, which the small town is struggling to manage. Since the Dec. 14 slayings of 20 students and six faculty members, Newtown has been deluged with gifts, from tens of thousands of teddy […]
Newtown’s children were showered with gifts Saturday — tens of thousands of teddy bears, Barbie dolls, soccer balls and board games — and those are only some of the tokens of support from around the world for the town in mourning. Just a little over a week ago, 20 children and six school employees […]
