UPDATE (Tuesday, November 8, 2022): The caption of one photo with this story has been updated to remove the reference of abandoned rail lines. The line in q...
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.
"Fischer Breaks Breastst...
This year marks the 20th year of Sandy Hook Elementary School’s One School One Read program, and it is the biggest year yet, thanks to the effort combining with...
Darlene Kascak, educational coordinator and traditional Native American Storyteller at The Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington (Conn.), will par...
When people hear the word “hypnosis,” their mind may conjure up scenarios of people entranced by a swinging pocket watch only to be instructed to perform outrag...
Readers are invited to join local schoolchildren, Women Involved in Newtown (WIN) and Newtown Human Services Department for the annual Thanksgiving Basket Progr...
Middle Gate Elementary School students learned all about leaves on October 20 thanks to organized lessons by the school’s math interventionist Colleen Carriero....
Occupation: I have been a licensed massage therapist, personal trainer, and business owner of Therapeutic Massage & Wellness located both in Newtown and Dan...
Jeannine M. LaCroce, 94, of Newtown, passed away peacefully at Regional Hospice in Danbury on November 7, 2022.
Jeannine was born on January 6, 1928, in Montrea...
Newtown Historical Society hosted free guided tours of the group’s headquarters, the Matthew Curtiss House, on October 23. The public was also invited to observ...
Rejecting or approving town budgets has nothing to do with 'smart' growth. These budgets are expected to grow appropriately as cost of services increases.
The status quo is clearly not appealing to voters who rejected the school budget at first and only narrowly approved the town's budget. Smart growth is the name of the game here. That would be growth that respects our past, retains and ensures our vibrancy, and simultaneously widens our tax base.
The Newtown Conservation Coalition is basically a NIMBY snake oil salesman. They jump from cause to cause with the sole goal of making sure nothing changes. It is only a matter of time before they lower their threshold, get to acres, and want an accessory building, not in "their" town. They will bust out a new poster of a bulldozer tramping over a "historic" stone wall and protest in front of any town meeting.