Town Clerk Debbie Aurelia Halstead has announced that June is dog licensing month. All dogs over six months old must be licensed. Last year 1,841 dog tags were ...
The Susie Foundation is holding its first Pours + Poses event on Saturday, June 26, at Reverie Brewing Company. The event starts at 10:15 am and each ticket pur...
On Saturday, June 19, Newtown Woman’s Club will host an author/book signing lunch with special guest Nan Rossiter.
The event will take place at My Place Restaur...
UPDATE (Tuesday, June 1, 2021): This post has been updated to correct and clarify the date of the concert, Sunday, June 6.
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The Newtown-based auti...
Catherine “Kay” Ann Reich passed surrounded by family on Wednesday, May 19. Kay was born to Mary (Geraghty) and John Dougherty March 24, 1932, in Mineola, Long ...
A number of stories posted to newtownbee.com this past weekend.
In case you missed them, here is a list of some of those stories, not in particular order.
“Char...
1936-2021
David Egee of London, England, and Southbury, Conn., passed away peacefully on May 30 at the Danbury Regional Hospice after a short illness.
David was...
The school district’s 2020-21 Profiles in Professionalism honorees were celebrated at the Board of Education’s May 18 meeting, which was held both virtually and...
Occupation: I retired last year after 48 years in the maritime industry. I served 12 years in the British merchant marine, four years on the sixth largest p...
Each week we compile a list of some of the most-read stories published at newtownbee.com. Here is a roundup of the week’s recent top stories, based on the numbe...
One final point. Folks have to realize that the landscape in sports has changed dramatically just over the last 5-10 years with so much club play, probably for just about every sport but football. Kids no longer have to play HS sports as an avenue to college. In fact, a lot of the college recruiting is done through the clubs. Given this, It is just IMHO that even Parks & Rec need to evaluate their by-laws regarding field use. Maybe a sliding pay scale based on percentage of in-Town kids. Maybe 501(c)(3) organizations combined with the percentage of in-Town kids have a more affordable pay scale than for profit organizations. IDK but it has to change with the changing sports landscape or it will CONTINUE to fall apart.
"This group of parents are not interested in working with Babe Ruth,"...Can someone please explain why Babe Ruth is the be all to end all? Why does anyone have to 'work' with Babe Ruth in this Town? How does one private organization get exclusivity and control? Newtown needs to wake up. One can deny it all they want but many of the Town sports/leagues are a mess and why many have left for other organizations in other Towns.
As previously reported, First Selectman Dan Rosenthal reserves the right to rescind the mandate prior to the next Legislative Council meeting. The Council is scheduled to revisit the mandate on October 6.
Read more here: https://www.newtownbee.com/09032021/legislative-council-approves-mask-mandate-after-two-hour-debate/
