By Alissa Silber
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 308 paid tribute on Memorial Day, May 31, to members of the military who paid the ultimate sacrifice — ...
With hands over hearts, members of the public gathered on the Glen Road Silver Bridge on May 31 and listened as 94-year-old WWII Navy veteran Charles Fadus play...
Following a 14-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry/mission thrift shop at Newtown Congregational Church reopened its doors last month.
Corn...
John P. O’Byrne, Jr, known to most as Jack, passed away peacefully at the age of 87 on Thursday, May 27. He will be dearly missed by his loving family who cheri...
George Albert Kozak, age 87, of Sandy Hook, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by family, on May 29. He was born February 4, 1934.
He was predecease...
To the Editor,
I read The Newtown Bee article today about the Newtown Allies’ rally on Tuesday night (“Neighbors, Allies, And Calls For Change On Somber Anniver...
To the Editor:
Today we were in the car behind a very smelly truck. These sorts of trucks emit what are sometimes called greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. T...
To the Editor:
While I was waiting for the first mowing for Huntingtown Cemetery (Brushy Hill Road) with my Memorial Day flags ready to set at the graves of vet...
To the Editor:
The only way we can ever stop, or slow down, this deadly virus epidemic with our form of government and democracy is if President Biden and Congr...
Led by the efforts of individual champion Kendall Reed, Newtown High School's girls' golf team won the South-West Conference championship, at Great River Golf C...
26 years ago the Newtown education system was excellent, today it is not.
No amount of money will fix that until those responsible for the destruction leave the school system.
Is it not true, that school budgets, by LAW, cannot be reduced year to year, no matter the reason? If it was 1M at 1000 students, next year at 500 students, the budget MUST be 1M?