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Classes resume in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook

By Michael Melia, David Klepper
Published December 19, 2012 3:13am ET
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Classes resume in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook
Tom Doyle, back left, standing with family and co-workers, wipes his face as the funeral procession for 6-year-old James Mattioli, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, approaches the St. John's Cemetery Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Darien, Conn. Center are his wife Debbie and daughter Emily, 10. Adam Lanza opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown on Friday, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) | Craig Ruttle

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown returned its students to their classrooms Tuesday for the first time since last week’s massacre and faced the agonizing task of laying others to rest, as this grieving town wrestled with the same issues gripping the country: violence, gun control and finding a way forward.

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