No New Taxes
To the Editor:
We are rapidly approaching the town budget referendum vote...here before we know it. Now is the time to inform our town leadership o...
Weller Foundation
Scholarship Available
WOODBURY — The Weller Foundation, Inc (formerly the Vitramon Foundation, Inc) has announced that full-time ...
School Board Approves Budget Proposal
By Eliza Hallabeck
Following multiple board meetings, the Board of Education reviewed and approved its 2012-13 budget Janu...
Western To Offer In-State Tuition Rates To Out-Of-State Commuters
DANBURY — Starting in the fall, out-of-state students in graduate education progr...
Retail Developments Offset BluLinx Vacancy To Boost Grand List
By John Voket
While Newtown’s Grand List could have taken a debilitating hit after th...
Congratulations to Mike Hughes, who was able to identify last week’s challenge (inset), a wishing well and welcome sign in a yard along Turkey Roost...
Manufacturing Company Developing
Neumade Facility Into Diversified Hub
By John Voket
The CEO of a Danbury-based manufacturing enterprise told The Newtown Bee t...
The Democrats’ Attack
On The Catholic Church
To the Editor:
If anyone needed any more evidence of the vile, despicable, bigoted nature of the curre...
Newtown Support Groups
Friday, February 3Â Â Â Â Â
AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.
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Three Injured In Garner Prison Incident
State police report that two correction officers and an inmate at Garner Correctional Institution were injured following...
Hello! My family has been doing this for years (since our now 16 year old was in Project Eagle at SHS). We have picked up over 30 bags of litter since the quarantine started. Kristy Davenport, paraeducator at SHS just picked up a ton of litter too! It is my hope that this is one of the many ways we can (again) take something tragic and horrible and use it to do some good. Thank you!
My name is Jack McAvoy, older brother of Joanne and Patricia McAvoy who lost their lives in an automobile accident 50 years ago on the date above. I wonder if any readers still remember two of the most wonderful sisters a brother could ever have, and I'll bet two of the nicest friends one could ever know. Joanne was 17, Patricia 15. I can't thank the Bee enough for posting this In Memoriam. As a regular reader of the "Way We Were" feature from my home in Pennsylvania, I wondered if any mention would be made of the accident as the sad anniversary approached. It was not (so far anyway), and I totally understood because that's probably not the place to recount such a tragic event. And then . . . then I clicked on Obituaries and saw that the precious memory of these dear girls is still alive in their hometown thanks to this newspaper with a heart. I am so moved. If anyone knew them, you would understand why. On the chance that a former classmate/friend might want to visit their grave site, they are interred in St. Rose Cemetery very close to the entrance. Take the road to the right just a little way and you'll find the headstone close to the road. If anyone reads this and remembers, I thank you for any kindness you might have ever done for them. Chances are they were kind to you as well. That's the way they always were. RIP, Joanne and Patricia. I love you both.
