From how students attend schools to building projects, the Board of Education discussed a range of topics in 2021.
If a year could make a big entrance, 2021 did...
The Newtown Nonprofit Council, based at the C.H. Booth Library, was busy in 2021 cultivating a place for local organizations to come together and support one an...
For the second year, Newtown’s houses and communities of faith adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic that continued to affect so many aspects of everyday life.
Flexi...
Published: Jan 01, 2022 at 05:06 PM
After a delayed delivery and distribution modifications that stymied both residents and officials last week, some qualified Newtown households will begin receiv...
Due to the emergence of the new highly transmissible Omicron variant, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) modified its guidance for the operation ...
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Tuesday, Decem...
After six different contractors examined the decaying roof of the C.H. Booth Library, the Library’s Board of Trustees laid out various restoration options to th...
Hit Gate In Parking Lot
Newtown Police report Kelly Burger, 42, of Sandy Hook, was traveling northbound in the back parking lot of Hawley School, 29 Church...
The year 2021, not unlike in the past, was full of championships and record-setting performances in the Newtown athletics world. But the biggest success stories...
A number of stories were posted to newtownbee.com this past weekend. In case you missed them, here is a list of some of those stories.
"Year In Review: Keeping ...
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.