Indigo Girls Serve Up New Disc Full Of Rarities...Well Done
By John Voket
Like two perfectly tuned strings, the voices Amy Ray and Emily Saliers continue to rin...
Two Newtown Girl Scouts
Receive Gold Awards
Sasha Mastrocinque and Paula Wickman were two of nine young women from the 15 Fairfield County towns and cities wit...
Asking Hard Questions
To the Editor:
What to do when the chairman of the Board of Finance asks you the hard questions? Why, attack the person asking the questi...
The Tercentennial
In Newtown Schools
Newtown Schools have been celebrating the tercentennial of Newtown’s founding in various ways throughout the 2...
Support For NUSAR
To the Editor
On behalf of The Newtown Woman’s Club, I would like to thank The Bee for the excellent coverage of our May 28 fundra...
History In The Making: Faces Of Newtown
As Newtown continues to celebrate its 300th birthday, award-winning members of The Connecticut Society Of Portrait Artis...
Bits & Pieces
What An Incredible Year At Newtown High!
By Kim J. Harmon
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I relished the arrival of summer this year not because I like the steamy tempera...
 *Hope no one drove all the way to Uncasville last Friday night for the ROBERT PLANT show… which had to be postponed less than 12 hours before showtime...
The dispatchers at Town Hall South report the following fire calls:
Thursday, June 23: 7:42 am, brake fire on tractor-trailer unit, I-84 eastbound, Sandy Ho...
Stem Cell Science And Religious Belief
To the Editor:
I would first like to thank The Newtown Bee for providing a remarkably good community forum in which citiz...
Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Friday In Honor Of Former US Senator Joseph LiebermanGovernor Ned Lamont is directing US and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow as a mark of solemn respect for the memory and longstanding service of former US Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday. HARTFORD — Governor Ned Lamont today announced that as a mark of solemn respect for the memory and longstanding service of former US Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday, March 27, he is directing US and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of the former senator’s funeral, which has been scheduled for Friday, March 29.Accordingly, since no flag should fly higher than the US flag, all other flags, including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise, should also be lowered during this same duration of time.The funeral service will be held at Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford.Lieberman, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later, died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, according to a statement issued by his family. He was 82.Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, have four children.