Students and faculty at Fraser Woods Montessori School celebrated Thanksgiving with a ceremony on Wednesday, November 23, in their Common Area.
The assembly bro...
"Our board is really excited" about the prospect of locating REACH Newtown headquarters to Fairfield Hills, potentially in a duplex similar to the building rece...
Asleep At Wheel
At about 8:23 am on November 22, motorist Monsour Michael, 65, of Danbury, who was driving a 2016 Jeep Cherokee SUV on westbound Interstate...
Carolita "Tinker" Pratt, 82, of Clearwater, Fla., and Newtown, died peacefully November 24. She was born on October 14,1934, in Huntington, Vt. She was the thir...
George M. Lincoln, Jr, 81, of Newtown died November 28. He was born June 8, 1935, in East Orange, N.J.
He attended Cranford (N.J.) High School, Class of 1953, a...
C.H. Booth Library is offering a series of creative writing sessions for young adults in grades six through eight.The Young Adult Creative Writing program is fu...
The two-way radio dispatchers working at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center located in Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following fire calls...
This weekend heralds some spectacular festivities in Newtown, starting at dusk on Friday evening when candle-lit luminarias lining Main Street and encircling Ha...
Eugene "Gene" F. Kelly, 90, of Tampa, Fla., died on November 27. He was born and raised in Jersey City, N.J., and was a son of Elizabeth V. and Dr James E. Kell...
To the Editor:
Our children are our future. How often have we heard that line? Probably more times than we can count, but it is truer now than ever before, espe...
There are many considerations as it relates to the development of the Castle Hill property as noted. I am supportive of the proposal and to approval process as it is sensitive to concerns being raised. The proposal provides another housing and lifestyle option for long time residents and newcomers with great accessibility to town. The developer is a long time resident with a solid reputation and the best interest of town at heart. It is not wise to make gross assumptions but I would think it would be a net positive (will attract empty nesters) to the tax base versus incremental town costs required. Net positive tax base growth supports continued investment in our great school system. Working in partnership with historical groups, bike and trails, the borough and others could actually add another great part of our amazing town.
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The Board of Education vacancy created by a resignation on February 20, which was filled on March 19, was covered in the March 22, 2024 print edition. Sorry you missed those stories.
I am on the Newtown Bike and Trail Committee and we have been promoting and maintaining this trail for years. It literally goes through the middle of 20/60 Castle Hill Rd., and was added to the register of historic places around 2003: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/02001679 . That said, I think nearby development and trail preservation could be compatible, depending on the plan.
Its not just this meeting - its pretty much all town meetings. When was the last time you saw an article on the Bee's website regarding P&Z or BOE? Did you know that a BOE member resigned in January and a new one was appointed? These used to be featured articles on the Bee website after they went into the print edition. Unfortunately, things have changed a lot at the Bee since Mr. Voket left.
I have lived in Newtown for over 60 years and this is the first I have ever heard of the Rochambeau Trail. When I checked with the National Park Service and our state only Nationally Historic Site the official records of the Rochambeau Trail administrated by NPS does not travel through this property. If you are arguing it is "Near" the trail then where was the outrage when Big Y was built? The new development on 6 and 25 or even the Starbucks.