The Newtown-New Fairfield co-op hockey team overcame a late deficit to edge Wilton 5-4 at Ridgefield's Winter Garden Ice Rink on December 30. This was the Night...
A prolonged cold weather snap or other unusual weather may put strain on Connecticut’s power grid to the point “controlled outages” may be necessary, Eversource...
Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team had mixed results in a pair of games against FCIAC foes, handing Darien its first loss in a 58-52 road game on Decem...
The school district’s free and reduced lunch program was unanimously extended to March 3 by the Board of Education at its latest meeting January 3.
Extending th...
One of the final calls of 2022 for local firefighters was a complex forest rescue. The incident occurred in the Lower Paugussett State Forest, where rough terra...
With a small group of friends and family cheering them on, the inaugural Polar Pond Plunge served as the finale to the first phase of fundraising for Love Has A...
The Newtown Bee welcomes Noelle Veillette to the team this week. She’s a Newtown High School graduate who just graduated from Western Connecticut State Univ...
January 9, 1998
Town and state police are continuing their investigation into a January 2 drive-by shooting in which local businessman William Trudeau Jr r...
Newtown High School’s wrestling team essentially had a few weeks worth of wrestling competition jammed into a few days to end 2022. The Nighthawks traveled to L...
Mid-December brought a visitor, a special field trip for eighth grade students, and a movie viewing for younger grades at St Rose of Lima School.
As shared by S...
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.