Newtown High Spikers Earn Tourney’s Top Seed, Aim For Success
By Andy Hutchison
Newtown High School’s girls’ volleyball team...
A Gathering Of American Craftsmen, Two Days In Wilton
WILTON — Three and a half decades ago a renaissance occurred in the field of traditional Ameri...
Chase Collegiate Student Honored
Waterbury — Adam Harrison, a freshman at Chase Collegiate and a Newtown resident, was honored this week with the Co...
Many Pumped Up
The Pumpkin Race
To the Editor:
 Well the Great Pumpkin Race has come and gone. Fair weather and lots of enthusiastic people graced the event. ...
Freedom Defenders Way—
Tinkerfield Rd. To Be
Rechristened On Veterans Day
By John Voket
It did not take a lot of time on the Board of Selectmenâ&#x...
Newtown Firefighters Mobilize For Major Monroe Blaze
By Andrew Gorosko
Newtown firefighters mobilized for a major mutual aid response on Wednesday, November 3, ...
A Newtown/Danbury Student Exchange
           By Sarah Walton
Nearly 50 Newtown High School students participated in a student exchange with Danbury...
School Board Discusses Reed Schedule, Full-Day Kindergarten
By Eliza Hallabeck
Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson briefed the Board of Education on an upd...
DUI Incident
Police report that at about 1:15 am on October 30, they found a 1993 Jeep Cherokee SUV facing eastward in a ditch while off the westbound road...
Trail Is Much Better
Without The Trash
To the Editor:
A few months ago I sent Pat Llodra an e-mail asking if she was aware of the garbage that was piled high i...
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.
EDITOR'S NOTE: We do not publish everything that goes into print on our website. We never have. It's a longstanding policy that our print subscribers benefit by being able to read every feature, article, press release, etc, and see every advertisement, thanks to their paid subscriptions. Many stories are posted a few days after each print edition is published but some are never shared online.
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.