What is your favorite holiday decoration?
Judy Rowley: An antique tin/metal Christmas organ. When you crank it, it sounds like an organ. My mother-in-l...
Newtown Squirts Win Watertown Hockey Tournament Trophy
The Western Connecticut Youth Hockey League’s Squirt B Team, with its large contingent of Ne...
Joseph A. Heneghan
World War II Veteran
Joseph A. Heneghan, 88, of Prospect, formerly of Newtown, died November 25. He was born in Trumbull, May 2, 1921.
H...
A Selectman Steps Down
With Gratitude
To the Editor:
Now that I have completed my term on the Board of Selectmen, I want to thank the people of Newtown who hav...
A Golden Anniversary
Jesse Cabral and Maria Jade Martins met through family friends in Portugal during the mid 1950s. They dated for 2½ years, and were married...
Commentary—
Climate Scams Won’t Save The Planet
By Janet Redman
Whether you listen to NPR or Rush Limbaugh, you’ve probably ...
Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of the C...
Rock Ridge Awards Winners
On November 14, Rock Ridge Country Club had its annual awards night for the winners throughout the year. The Men’s Club Ch...
Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. —Doug Larson
Start by doin...
Gael Lynch made our morning here at The Bee on Monday, when during our weekly staff meeting we Bees realized we have more than 1,000 fans on The Newtown Beeâ&#x...
Clocks of any type should be avoided because the word for clock sounds a lot like the word for the funeral ritual. Clocks also are a reminder that time is running out and are considered a reminder that life will come to an end.
This is great for the Police Department! I guess when you are a small town and don't have many detectives, it helps to have extra people to get evidence! I am surprised though that police officers can have such long hair. I guess it's not as military as I thought. Officer Wickman is so involved in so many things I don't know how he has time to do it all! Congrats Officers!
