The mysterious case of the Main Street “Good Eggs” has been cracked. It seems there are two Good Eggs busy keeping the sidewalks cleared this winter, a reliable source has told me. One is John Bermingham, who takes on the responsibility of snow blowing the walkways north of the flagpole (also known as “NoPo”), and the other is Jim Gaston, who has cleared the way “SoPo” (south of the flagpole). If there is anyone else out there who shares the glory, let me know!

Scot Wilson has scheduled the final predeadline session for the Google Model Your Town Competition, which is challenging residents around the world to create 3D models of their hometown using SketchUp software. Scot will also be Booth Library on Sunday, February 28 — the eve of the competition deadline — from 3 pm to 5 pm, to help anyone having trouble uploading his or her models. Regardless of how the Newtown team does (of course we’re hoping it does very well!), Scot says he is planning to continue monthly classes for SketchUp so that he and others can continue putting Newtown on the map. The biggest benefit for the winning team, however, is that in addition to prizes, Google will donate $10,000 to the winning town’s public school district.

Newtown High School welcomed a special “Principal’s Delegation” from Liaocheng, in the Shandong Province of China, with a pep rally and special celebrations for the Chinese New Year this week as it continued its sister-school relationship with Liaocheng Middle School Number 3. (Purr-sonally, I believe this year is an extra-special Chinese New Year, because it is the Year of the Tiger. I’ve always felt all years should be named after felines…) I know I speak for all my fellow Bees here when I say, welcome to Newtown and enjoy your stay.

There are no tigers or cats, as far as I know of, in The Music Man, but I’ll be making my way over to the middle school next weekend anyway. Newtown Middle School students have been working after school with director and language arts teacher Jennifer Sinal since January to put the show together, and dress rehearsals began this week. The Music Man is a musical about a con man named Harold Hill, who goes from town to town selling band instruments and uniforms before leaving town with the money and not delivering the orders. Conflict begins with Harold meeting a librarian named Marian.

Speaking about band uniforms reminds me about a group in Newtown that works closely with the NHS Marching Nighthawks. The NHS Color Guard will be hosting its Winter Extravaganza on March 6 from 4 pm until 9 pm at the school. The event will not only bring the NHS Color Guard out to compete, but also 25 other guards from the area, or so one poster on The Bee’s Facebook page shared.

Which also reminds me about how happy I was to notice all The Newtown Bee’s followers on Facebook. On Monday, our “fan” count was up to 1,191 people! I admit curiosity got a hold of me (but did not kill me) and I checked other area and state newspapers’ pages to see how The Bee compares. I’m not going to brag here, but you should know that The Bee has more fans that some of the larger papers in the state with wider circulations. I’m impressed that the community is as interested as I am in the goings on in Newtown.

I’m pleased as punch to see that among the winners at the Connecticut Specialty Food Association’s Ninth Products Award Competition, February 18, were some Newtown businesses. Sandy Hook’s Gilbert’s Gourmet Goodies took first place in the Outstanding Gluten Free category with its apple crumb pie; the third place award for Outstanding Packaging or Design went to Cookie Wishes, LLC/Les Oliviers for Winton Farms Wildflower Honey; and Mucha SuperSeedz from Kathie’s Kitchen received third place in the Outstanding Confection, Baked Food, Cookie or Cracker division. Congratulations to all!

Family Bingo Night will return to the St Rose Gathering Hall on Church Hill Road, Saturday, February 27. An admission price of $5 will include 12 regular bingo cards for the evening, or $10 for 12 games, four specials, and one bonus game. Doors will open at 6 pm, with Bingo to begin promptly at 7 pm. Be sure to bring your appetite, too — hot dogs, pizza, and other food and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the evening.

Sandy Hook comedian Andrew Kennedy is back in Connecticut for just one night, Saturday, March 6, at the Savin Rock Roasting Company in Stratford. If you haven’t had a chance to experience our local funny man, here’s an opportunity. Go to etix.com and search under “events” with Andrew’s name to buy tickets. But hurry — once word is out, tickets will fly out of there.

Old Man Winter has given us several reminders lately that he is still in charge. Tuesday’s crazy mix of snow, sleet, and rain closed the schools and kept lots of people busy shoveling heavy slush, and the threat of mass quantities of snow later in the week has been a boost to local supermarkets, as locals stock up. If this keeps up through the weekend, March really will come in like a lion.

And I’d be “lion” if I said it wouldn’t break my heart if next week you failed to …. Read me again.